Win an Oscar and the offers start pouring in, every studio chomping at the bit to be able to include “and featuring Academy Award winner so-and-so” in its next trailer. Right?!
Er, yes and no.
As Mo’nique so deftly reminded people this week when discussing the 75th anniversary of Hattie McDaniel’s history-making Oscar winn with The Hollywood Reporter, scoring a little gold naked man of one’s own does not guarantee that it’s going to be you, Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis up for every plum role (especially if that role is Lincoln).
Sure, you’ll work. But then everyone expects greatness, every time—an unattainable standard, even for Meryl.
To be fair, everyone we’re about to mention can still carry a headline—and some of them can even still carry a movie! But with respect to the so-called prestige-with-a-capital-P that’s supposed to follow the big win, here are eight actors who have yet to match, let alone surpass, their Oscar-year magic:
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SOURCE: E! Online
Natalie Finn
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