24 Actors Who Weren’t Fans of Their Most Famous Roles
![24 Actors Who Weren’t Fans of Their Most Famous Roles](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/5/874435_320x180.jpg)
There's an undeniable excitement you have as an actor when you land a meaty role in a major movie. It’s the kind of thing you call your parents about, trying to keep it together while also rubbing in their faces that they wanted you to throw away your dream of being on the big screen and go into the family dentistry practice.
Still, at the end of the day, acting is a job. You punch in, you do what you’re told and you get your (possibly lucrative) paycheck. Despite some of these amazing performances that have wormed their way into the consciousness of the movie going public, it doesn’t always mean it was the performer’s favorite day at the office. Some, in fact, would very much prefer you didn’t bring them up when you bump into them on street.
Who knows, maybe dentistry wasn’t such a bad idea after all.
James McAvoy
![James McAvoy really hated playing one particular personality in Split. It was Patricia, and the reason is simple - he had to wear high heels that turned out to be really uncomfortable (unlike what they told him). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/4/874434.jpg)
David Prowse
![David Prowse, who was in the Darth Vader suit, hated playing Vader. His only fond memory from making Star Wars was when his first paycheck from the movie showed up, he said about the experience later. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/3/874433.jpg)
Hugo Weaving
![Hugo Weaving really didn't want to play Red Skull in the MCU again. Не was glad to do it once, and says it was good to do it and try it out, but to be honest, it's not the sort of film I seek out and really am excited by. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/2/874432.jpg)
Ian McKellen
![lan McKellen was miserable filming Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. Having to film in front of green screens all the time ground him down - unlike for Lord of the Rings, where everything was shot on location. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/1/874431.jpg)
Pierce Brosnan
![Pierce Brosnan absolutely never wants to watch himself as James Bond. Не says he's never good enough. It's a horrible feeling. He's grateful he got the role because of all the opportunities it created for him, though. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/0/874430.jpg)
Katherine Heigl
![KATHERINE HEIGL GREY'S ANATOMY CRACKED.COM She withdrew her name from awards consideration, claiming she wasn't given the material to warrant a nomination. She probably would have won five or six if those Emmy-nominated writers weren't holding her back.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/7/874427.jpg)
Amy Jo Johnson
![AMY JO JOHNSON POWER RANGERS CRACKED.COM The worst part wasn't the $600 a week or the complete lack of residuals. It was dealing with a fanbase that wasn't kids, like men. A lot of people in prison!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/8/874428.jpg)
The Jonas Brothers
![THE JONAS BROTHERS JONAS CRACKED COM What do the Jonas Bros. think of Jonas? Nick: It really stunted our growth. Kevin: I think that affected the perception of the band, that we were a joke. Joe: The writing on it was terrible.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/6/874426.jpg)
Charlie Sheen
![CHARLIE SHEEN TWO AND A HALF MEN CRACKED COM 2011 was a tough year for the tiger-blood warlock and his hit show. I violently hate . He's a stupid, stupid little man and a р-- punk that I'd never want to be like. That's me being polite. You can tell him one thing: I own him.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/5/874425.jpg)
Chevy Chase
![CHEVY CHASE COMMUNITY CRACKED.COM It was a big mistake! Chase said about signing on to Community. The hours are hideous, and it's still a sitcom on television, which is probably the lowest form of television. Не must have forgotten SNL, which he said features the worst f---ing humor in the world.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/2/874422.jpg)
Penn Badgley
![PENN BADGLEY GOSSIP GIRL CRACKED.COM What did you think of that series finale, Penn? It doesn't make sense at all. It wouldn't have made sense for anybody. Gossip Girl doesn't make sense!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/1/874421.jpg)
Lisa Kudrow
![Lisa Kudrow hated playing her on-screen sister, Ursula, in Friends. Apparently, she wasn't into acting with a double - and the double was her real-life sister, which might have made things more complicated. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/0/874420.jpg)
Idris Elba
![Idris Elba loathed playing a superhero in Thor: The Dark World. Не says that in between takes I was stuck , fake hair stuck on to my head with glue ... And I'm thinking: '24 hours ago, I was Mandela.' CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/9/874419.jpg)
John Cleese
![JOHN CLEESE MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS CRACKED.COM I was genuinely bothered that by the third we weren't really doing original material, says Cleese about leaving the show. Other Pythons were peeved but Cleese said I'd do some TV shows with you, I didn't say l'd marry you.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/7/874417.jpg)
Angus T. Jones
![ANGUS T. JONES TWO AND A HALF MEN CRACKED.COM If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching Two and a Half Men. I'm on Two and a Half Men, and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it and filling your head with filth. OK, OK, you don't have to tell us two and half times.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/6/874416.jpg)
Johnny Depp
![JOHNNY DEPP 21 JUMP STREET CRACKED.COM It just started to become false. It started to become this action-packed can of soup, you know? Depp got so sick of Jump Street that he trashed his trailer in an attempt to get action-canned.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/5/874415.jpg)
Val Kilmer
![The Batsuit ruined the experience of playing Batman for Val Kilmer. Whatever boyhood excitement I had was crushed by the reality of the Batsuit, he said - it was super hard to move in it, and he needed help all the time. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/3/874413.jpg)
Amanda Seyfried
![Amanda Seyfried would love to be able to totally redo Les Misérables. She regrets it and says I still have nightmares about it - and it's purely because of the live singing she had to do for the role. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/4/874414.jpg)
Uma Thurman
![Uma Thurman just hated her yellow tracksuit in Kill Bill, said Tarantino. Apparently, she thought it made her look like a banana popsicle. She finally sort of came around when he showed her Bruce Lee in Game of Death. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/2/874412.jpg)
Robert Reed
![ROBERT REED BRADY BUNCH CRACKED.COM A classically trained actor, Reed hated being America's dad. Не complained about scenes so unfunny that even a laugh machine would balk and drank during lunch breaks to cope. His gripes led to producers plotting to kill off Mike Brady.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/0/874410.jpg)
Leslie Jones
![LESLIE JONES SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CAPEN ISSN INSI DUSTELE CRACKED.COM I don't miss . At all. That job was ... very restrictive. I wasn't very free there. Jones now expresses her creativity yelling at people in a fake grocery store.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/6/874406.jpg)
Josh Brolin
![When asked about Jonah Нех, Josh Brolin says he hated it. Hated it. It would have been better to shoot a movie about the making of it, he says - they had to reshoot 66 pages in 12 days, which apparently didn't give a great result. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/7/874407.jpg)
Rowan Atkinson
![For Rowan Atkinson, playing Mr Bean (in live action) is a total slog. The weight of responsibility is not pleasant. I find it stressful and exhausting and I look forward to the end of it, is how he described it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/9/874409.jpg)
Kevin Bacon
![Kevin Bacon is basically sick of signing Friday the 13th autographs. Fans always want him to sign the shot of him dead, and at this point he's thinking You're like, really, do I have to sign another picture of me dead? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/8/874408.jpg)