This handsome, foreign-born actor was the lead in a big adventure film in the aughts. The film was helmed by an Oscar-winning mega director, had a $100+ million budget, and the other actors were marquee names, including an Oscar-winning actor and an Oscar-winning actress. The film should have been a huge hit.
The film flopped.
His career had been full of ups and downs, both professionally and personally, but the negative reaction to that film was so bad that our actor got quite depressed and almost quit the business. Almost. He wound up taking some time off to pull it together and is back to making movies again.
Someone who worked on that flop movie told us that while the film was bad, our leading actor was incredibly good to the local people who worked on the film.
"He knew that there were a lot of local actors who hadn’t worked in a while, and he pulled a lot of them into the film, giving them cameos and a line or two. It really boosted their spirits. Then he personally paid out of his own pocket to fly them all out to Los Angeles for the premiere so that they could have that once-in-a-lifetime experience of walking the red carpet and being treated like a star. The locals still talk about what a good guy he was for doing that."
He’s never won an Oscar, but our actor has won at least one other major award for his acting. He also won the hearts and appreciation of the people with whom he worked.
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Source: Blind Gossip
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