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14 Questionable Roles Actors Ended Up Apologizing For

By:: Jesse

June 28, 2021

14 Questionable Roles Actors Ended Up Apologizing For

George Clooney has apologized for the nipples, but he has yet to comment on the gratuitous butt cheek zoom-ins. Our work is far from over.

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William Shatner is sorry... that the studio f*ed him over!!! CRACKED .COM 1989's Star Trek V bombed, and it's hard to place blame anywhere but on director and star William Shatner. And yet, hetried! In an impressive hybrid passing, he said it's Paramount's fault that he deliver earth-breaking granite monsters spewing rocks and fire. Instead, I had a few pebbles in my hand that I threw at the camera. — Source: EW

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Mahershala Ali apologized directly to Don Shirley's family CRACKED.CO The family of legendary pianist Don Shirley have called his portrayal in 2018's Green Book rather jarring and a symphony of lies. Ali was shocked to find that there were close relatives with whom I could have consulted over the role, and made contact to apologize and help set the record straight. — Source: Shadow And Act

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Ed Skrein bowed out after actually reading the SOURCE material CRACKED.COM Skrein was set to play Major Ben Daimio in 2019's Hellboy, but dropped out after reading the comics and noticing that Daimio is Asian: have decided to step down SO the role can be cast appropriately. — Source: Instagram

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Zoe Saldana apologized for her prosthetic nose SINGER ACTIVISI SURVIVOR LEGEND CRACKED.COM Saldana wore a fake nose and dark makeup to play Nina Simone in 2016. By 2020, she realized she'd made the wrong move: I should have done everything in my power to cast a Black woman to play an exceptionally perfect Black woman. — Source: CNN

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Paul Newman funeralized his career in Variety CRACKEDO OON Newman called his acting debut, The Silver Chalice, the worst film to BE made in the entirety of the 1950s. When an LA television station decided to air it a decade later, he took out full-page ads in Variety and the LA Times, styled like an obituary, that said Paul Newman apologizes every night this week- Channel 9. — Source: NPR

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Jason Alexander embarrassed his children CRACKED.CO Alexander confessed to taking on 2000's The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle for the money. No one was more disappointed than his kids: My children are SO unimpressed with me that it's pathetic.

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Scarlett Johansson eventually came around N 0 CRACKED.COM When she got in trouble for accepting a role as a trans man in 2018, her first response was nothing short of YIKES: As an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal. She later dropped the role and apologized for being insensitive: Our cultural understanding of transgender people continues to advance, and I've learned a lot from the community. — Source: Variety

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Eli Roth apologized to the Cabinet of Iceland CRACKED.co 2005's Hostel painted lots of nationalities in an array of unflattering tones. While he repeatedly made the (excellent) point that people still went to Texas after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre came out, he did end up apologizing to Iceland's Minister of Culture and getting a pardon from the President. — Source: DreadCentral

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Ryan Reynolds ruined superheroes for everyone CRACKED.COM Before making a remarkable comeback as Deadpool, Reynolds says his 2011 flop Green Lantern made studios skeptical of superhero movies: I represented the death of the superhero for a while. — Source: Mashable

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Emma Stone apologized, loudly, during the Golden Globes CRACKED.COM Emma Stone took a lot of flack after taking the role of a part-Chinese woman in 2015's Aloha. Sandra Oh brought it up again at the 2019 Golden Globes, and Stone can be heard yelling I'm sorry! — Source: DigitalSpy

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Carol Burnett apologized to an entire airplane CRACKED.COM After her film The Front Page played on her flight, attendants let her take over the PA: this is Carol Burnett, and I want to take this opportunity to apologize to each and every one of you for my performance in the film you just saw. — Source: NY Post

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Tim Roth apologized for making pro-FIFA propaganda CRACKEDG .COM Roth played the president of FIFA in 2015's United Passions, a flattering film that was almost entirely funded by FIFA. When the real president was forced to resign over corruption charges, days before the film came out, Roth apologized for never questioning the script, and said this is a role that will have my father turning in his grave. — Source: Hollywood Reporter

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George Clooney is sorry about the nipples, okay?? CRACKED.COM Clooney has been very open about his regret over Batman & Robin, but he finally addressed the elephantine nipples in the room in 2014: sorry about the nipples on the suit. — Source: YouTube

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Elliot Page regrets working with Woody Allen CRACKED.CO In 2012, Page felt like he had to make To Rome With Love for the sake of his career. By 2017, it was his biggest regret: I am ashamed I did this. Ultimately, it is my choice what films I decide to do and I made the wrong choice. I made an awful mistake. — Source: Vox

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