10 Worst Post-Oscar Career Choices

Feb 23, 2009 Author: admin | Filed under: Celebrity News

Does receiving an Oscar impair your judgment? How the careers of 10 winners went off the rails after their big night.

	1. Halle Berry Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 2002 for Monster’s Ball. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choices: Gothika (2003), Catwoman (2004) What Went Wrong: Only three years after collecting an Oscar, Halle Berry did win another award: A Razzie for Worst Actress of the Year for Catwoman.
	2. Roberto Benigni Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 1999 for Life is Beautiful (1997). Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: Pinocchio (2002) What Went Wrong: According to Benigni, Pinocchio was made at the suggestion of Italian auteur Federico Fellini, but the star’s hopes of crossing over to American shores went down with the whale.
	3. Kevin Spacey Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 2000 for American Beauty. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: K-PAX (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Superman Returns (2006) and Fred Claus (2007) What Went Wrong:K-PAX says it all, but throw in a terrible Lex Luthor impression and things definitely went south fast for Spacey.
	4. Susan Sarandon Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1996 for Dead Man Walking. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: Stepmom (1998) and The Banger Sisters (2002) What Went Wrong: Hollywood has never been kind to older women, but Sarandon has been left behind her contemporaries, Annette Bening and Meryl Streep, in picking choice roles.
	5. Cuba Gooding Jr. Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 1997 for Jerry Maquire. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choices: Chill Factor (1999), Boat Trip (2002), Snow Dogs (2002), Radio (2003) and Daddy Day Camp (2007). What Went Wrong: Gooding Jr. told the New York Times, “I thought people wanted me to make them laugh. But I was wrong on so many levels. I try to take all my energy and bravado and take it into comedy, and that’s when I’m terrible.” No kidding.
	6. Helen Hunt Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1998 for As Good as it Gets. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: Pay It Forward (2000), Robert Altman’s Dr. T and the Women (2000). What Went Wrong: After taking home the Oscar, she made four films that all hit theaters simultaneously — Pay It Forward, Robert Altman’s Dr. T and the Women, Cast Away, and What Women Want. Her role in Cast Away was decent if small, but the other three films were ultimately forgettable… or just plain awful.
	7. Robin Williams Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998 for Good Will Hunting. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: Patch Adams (1998) and RV (2006) What Went Wrong: He’s had a number of roles in questionable melodramas like Bicentennial Man (1999) and What Dreams May Come (1998), and owns the screen when he plays a psycho — One Hour Photo (2002), Insomnia (2002).
	8. Louis Gossett Jr. Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 1983 for An Officer and a Gentleman. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: Firewalker (1986) and, The Principal (1987) What Went Wrong: Following his win, Gossett partnered with now-irrelevant ’80s heavy-hitters like Chuck Norris (Firewalker) and Jim Belushi (The Principal), not much of a resume builder.
	9. Jamie Foxx Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 2005 for Ray. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: Stealth (2005) and Miami Vice (2006) What Went Wrong: It’s never a good thing when a robot plane kills you and steals your thunder in a movie.
	10. Mira Sorvino Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in 1996 for Mighty Aphrodite. Terrible Post-Oscar Career Choice: The Replacement Killers (1998) and At First Sight (1999) What Went Wrong: Without Woody Allen leading her around the movie set, Sorvino was miscast and lost in her future roles.