15 Actors Who Can’t Find Work (And Why Hollywood Isn’t Hiring Them)

9. Catherine Zeta-Jones Says Moviegoers Aren’t Interested In Women In Their 40s

Catherine aspired to be an actress from a very young age and by the early 2000s it looked like she couldn’t miss when it came to movies; nearly every film she did was a great success. Fans loved her in films like The Legend of Zorro, Entrapment, and Traffic, and her role as Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago won her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. But over the last decade her career has dwindled and according to Catherine it’s because there is a distinct lack of roles for older women in Hollywood. Speaking out on this issue during an interview she said, “It’s not that there aren’t great stories to be told about women in their 40s, it’s just that the big bosses in Hollywood feel that the demographic of moviegoers are less interested.”

8. Brendan Fraser Couldn’t Stop Taking Zany Roles And It Cost Him

Brendan Fraser’s acting career should have been over long ago, but thanks to The Mummy trilogy (1999-2008), which took nearly ten years to complete, he managed to maintain his star power for a little longer. Brendan is known for taking on odd, zany roles, but if you’re trying to build a career as a serious actor you can only do this for so long before it gets old and no-one wants to hire you. The nail in his coffin came in 2010 when both Extraordinary Measures and Furry Vengeance released alongside each other – and both failed to impress audiences, costing more money to make than they made at the box office. During his “Mummy” years he was still landing decent roles, but these days he’s lucky to get voice-over parts.

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