15 actors who starred in films against their wishes (16 photos)

No matter how much you love your job, sometimes you have to do tasks that you aren't excited about. Speaking of actors, sometimes such a “task” for them can be an entire film. Let's find out which actors were forced to star in films against their wishes.





1. Keanu Reeves claimed that a friend forged his signature on a contract for the film "The Observer" (2000) so that he would star in it. But he decided to star in the film instead of suing



2. Ryan Reynolds starred in X-Men Origins: Wolverine because of blackmail. He really wanted to play in Deadpool, but the studio bosses set a condition - before that he had to play in X-Men, otherwise they would find a replacement for him





3. Whoopi Goldberg played the role of Cathy Coltrane in Theodore Rex (1995) due to a $20 million lawsuit. She was deceived and accused of violating an oral agreement



4. Actor Mike Myers spent many months dealing with the Universal studio in court when he refused to film the show “Dieter.” After the proceedings, he was literally forced to star in the children's film "Cat" (2003)



5. Natalie Portman was forced to star in the film "Thor: The Dark World" under pressure from Marvel Studios. After director Patty Jenkins left, Portman also decided to leave the project, but she was not allowed to do so due to contractual obligations.



6. Emily Blunt wanted to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2, but she had to turn it down. The management of another film, with which she had already signed a contract, refused to terminate it even if the actress wanted



7. Bill Murray agreed to voice Garfield in the film of the same name because he confused the names of the directors with almost the same surname, Cohen (Jeff Coen and Jeff Cohen). I had to work with the latter, which the actor was not particularly happy about



8. After director Steven Spielberg pulled out of Jaws 2, actor Roy Scheider decided to leave as well. However, due to long disputes about the contract, the actor was forced to star in the film



9. Actor Channing Tatum had to star in the film “Throw of Cobra” (2009) under pressure from management. Because of the commitment, Paramount threatened to sue him if he didn't star in the film.



10. Jennifer Garner has repeatedly said that she did not like her role in the film Elektra (2005). But because she appeared in the role in Daredevil (2003), she was contractually obligated to play it again.



11. Actor Val Kilmer intentionally failed his audition for Top Gun (1986), but due to contractual obligations, he still had to act in it.



12. To avoid prosecution from Paramount Pictures, actor Edward Norton had to star in the film The Italian Job (2003). Later in an interview, he claimed that he was literally lured by blackmail



13. Paul Bettany agreed to star in the film Dogville because his co-star Stellan Skarsgård tricked him into believing it would be an incredible and optimistic story. Everything turned out wrong, and the actor subsequently regretted his agreement.



14. Matt Damon claimed that the script for The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the series, was "unreadable, weird and a failure." In an interview, he said: “It was the studio’s fault that they refused to remake it. I just took my money and left.”



15. The management of the film "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" (1992) started a rumor that Arnold Schwarzenegger was interested in the main role in order to encourage Sylvester Stallone to sign the contract. And so it happened - Stallone immediately agreed



This happened at the height of the professional rivalry between Stallone and Schwarzenegger.