Let's just say the aughts had some misses! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at actors who weren’t exactly igniting Oscar talk for their performances in the 2000s. While a couple of these actors have some good - even great - work to their name, you wouldn’t guess that based on this decade’s output.
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00:00I'm gonna make you proud, daddy. I'm gonna make you so proud.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at actors who weren't exactly igniting Oscar talk for their performances in the 2000s.
00:11While a couple of these actors have some good, even great work to their name, you wouldn't guess that based on this decade's output.
00:17I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi Mark.
00:23Number 10, Ben Affleck. Affleck's career underwent the ultimate resurgence in the 2010s.
00:28That said, before he could climb back to the top, Affleck had to pull himself up from the bottom.
00:32While the scripts did Affleck a few favors, his acting rarely elevated the material.
00:36When Affleck wasn't overacting in theatrical soap operas like Pearl Harbor, he was phoning it in as Daredevil.
00:42What are you— Blind? Yeah.
00:45I am so sorry. That's okay.
00:52Friend of yours? You know, I've never seen him before.
00:56Gigli alone turned Affleck into a punchline along with Jennifer Lopez,
00:59leaving audiences to ponder how two actors with zero chemistry could become the It couple in real life.
01:05On the heels of more half-assed performances in Jersey Girl and Surviving Christmas,
01:09Affleck started turning things around with Hollywoodland in his directorial debut Gone Baby Gone.
01:14We want to hire you to augment the investigation of Amanda. Is that right?
01:19Yet, even Affleck cringes reflecting on this decade's low points.
01:23Following her stint as a synchronized swimmer and model,
01:27Estella Warren tried transitioning to acting at the dawn of the new century.
01:30Warren didn't stray far from her roots, playing a model in her film debut Perfume.
01:34There's nothing to work out. I don't understand what you're not quite getting about— No.
01:38Her acting muscles weren't flexed much further in Driven or Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.
01:43While there wasn't much to those roles beyond the love interest,
01:45it's telling that Mark Wahlberg had more romantic history with Helena Bonham Carter as a chimpanzee than Warren's character.
01:51We'd also argue that Jerry O'Connell had more chemistry with a kangaroo in Kangaroo Jack.
01:55I'm kidding.
02:00It won't bring down the swelling.
02:04Warren rounded out the 2000s, appearing in several low-budget flicks.
02:07The next decade didn't show greater prospects, as Warren became better known for her legal troubles.
02:12It's a minor thing, but it's my minor thing.
02:16Number 8. Carmen Electra
02:18The opening of Scary Movie was funny enough,
02:20but when that's your most credible role, your resume might as well be written on toilet paper.
02:24And not the soft kind, either.
02:26Who is this?
02:27Tell me your name and I'll tell you mine.
02:29I don't think so.
02:31What's that noise?
02:33Oops. I farted. I didn't think you would hear me.
02:36No. That popping noise.
02:38Carmen Electra went on to appear in various other parody movies,
02:42and most regrettably, Meet the Spartans.
02:44Believe it or not, none of those brought Electra's worst performances of the decade.
02:48That distinction goes to 2005's Dirty Love,
02:51playing a woman who takes cultural appropriation to such offensive levels
02:54that she's one step away from performing in Blackface.
02:58I can't even believe you fell for that sh**.
03:00Very funny, Michelle.
03:02Even when Electra played herself in movies like Monster Island,
03:04we're certain that anyone else on set,
03:06from the Teamsters to the craft services people,
03:08could have given a more convincing performance.
03:11Hey, I was just, um...
03:17Just, just gonna go powder my nose.
03:22Once upon a time, there was an unfunny comedian named Daniel Lawrence Whitney.
03:26Despite being from Nebraska,
03:28Whitney thought he might be able to spice up his act
03:30by adopting a stereotypical Southern persona.
03:32Boy, that wouldn't have been good right there.
03:36Enter Larry the Cable Guy,
03:38the only character Whitney knows how to play.
03:40Even then, Whitney doesn't play the character especially well,
03:43relying on an over-the-top accent and catchphrases
03:46to deceive people into thinking what he's saying is humorous.
03:49Here's what you need to be thinking about.
03:51You need to be thinking about a cool little catchphrase to say when we get him.
03:55What do you mean?
03:56You gotta have a cool catchphrase.
03:58I mean, it's in the rule book.
04:00Throughout the 2000s,
04:01it seemed like Hollywood was trying to make this blue-collar comic the next Ernest,
04:05with vehicles like Larry the Cable Guy Health Inspector,
04:07Delta Farce, and Witless Protection.
04:19Unfortunately, Larry the Cable Guy is no Ernest,
04:22Daniel Lawrence Whitney is no Jim Varney,
04:24and Mater is no Slinky Dog.
04:28Mariah Carey closed out the decade
04:30with a solid supporting turn as a social worker in Precious.
04:37Ain't nothing to really talk about.
04:40You're in a safe place. Just talk.
04:43What's going on?
04:44What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about home?
04:47Alas, her acting career is still defined by her first leading role.
04:51As if the title wasn't already a giveaway,
04:53Glitter is the epitome of a vanity project,
04:55with an artificial performance at the center.
04:58It's also a cautionary tale for every pop star who assumes
05:01just because they have a golden voice, acting will come inherently.
05:05What are you doing? That guy wanted to sign us, you crazy?
05:08Some might argue that critics were too harsh toward Carey,
05:10especially given the mental health struggle she was facing at the time.
05:13Whether or not a line was crossed,
05:15we still can't call this a passable performance,
05:17and Carey herself has acknowledged that she was in over her head.
05:20Okay.
05:24Where Carey at least gave one good performance,
05:26Jessica Simpson repeatedly reminded us
05:28why not every pop star is cut out to be a movie star.
05:31Between playing herself in The Master of Disguise
05:33and The Love Guru, Simpson gave three unnatural performances.
05:37Mariska Hargitay, Jessica Simpson.
05:49Did you get into the VIP room okay?
05:51One officially put Daisy Dukes out of style,
05:54another made Dane Cook look like an acceptable actor,
05:57and the third headlined a film that only played in eight Texas theaters.
06:00That's still a wider release than Simpson's acting swan song received.
06:08Private Valentine, Blonde and Dangerous,
06:10a.k.a. Major Movie Star,
06:12was sent straight to DVD in the U.S.
06:14It was released theatrically in a few other countries,
06:16but as Conan O'Brien pointed out,
06:18English wasn't the primary language in any of them.
06:20Miss Valentine, are you alright?
06:22No.
06:24My boyfriend's gay!
06:27Number four, Tom Green.
06:29With his supporting roles in Road Trip and Charlie's Angels,
06:32Tom Green proved that his acting capabilities
06:34didn't extend beyond what we saw on TV.
06:45Of course, there are some things you can't do on TV,
06:47but Green had few restrictions in Freddy Got Fingered,
06:50taking a shtick to new frontiers of obnoxiousness,
06:53disgust, and anti-humor.
06:57Now if you'll excuse me, I still have some work to do.
07:05Although some have defended the film as a twisted experiment,
07:07Green seemed to take pride in how negative the reception was,
07:10bringing a red carpet to the Razzies,
07:12where Freddy Got Fingered was fascinatingly bad,
07:14Green's subsequent performances in Stealing Harvard
07:17and Bob the Butler were forgettably bad.
07:19The children are in bed, ma'am.
07:21Thank you, Bob. Music to my ears.
07:23Is there anything else I can do for you?
07:25No, thank you. I'll see you in the morning.
07:27By the decade's end, Green had faded into obscurity,
07:30leaving future generations to ask
07:31why their parents found this guy funny.
07:37Oh, sorry.
07:38We seem to have gotten our script mixed up
07:40with one from South Park.
07:41Honestly, though, do we need to say anything else?
07:48A cameo in an Adam Sandler comedy
07:49is about as far as any Rob Schneider performance should go.
07:52For whatever reason,
07:53Hollywood kept trying to pass him off
07:55as a lead throughout the 2000s,
07:56casting Schneider as an animal, a hot chick,
07:59a carrot, and a gigolo.
08:01Hey, little friend, I guess I owe you a big...
08:05Okay, one of those was also taken from South Park,
08:08but we bet you can't remember which one.
08:10Schneider not only made some of the decade's
08:12dumbest and most offensive comedies,
08:14but also some of the blandest
08:15with his lack of star power
08:16poisoning every project from within.
08:19Jessica, honey, is everything all right?
08:22Yes, mother.
08:23It's just a spider.
08:28In the realm of cinema,
08:29Paris Hilton is best known for a certain tape
08:31that started circulating in 2004.
08:33As far as real movies go,
08:35the industry tried capitalizing
08:37on the hotel heiress' notoriety
08:38in films like 2005's House of Wax.
08:41Does he know how proud I am of you?
08:42It's just an internship at InStyle magazine.
08:45Although this was stunt casting at its most shameless,
08:47Hilton's performance in that film
08:49was more distracting than jaw-droppingly awful.
08:51She saved that for The Hottie and the Nottie,
08:54in which Hilton basically played herself,
08:56or at least how she views herself.
08:58And if things were different,
09:00who knows?
09:02Hilton doesn't even have the self-awareness
09:04to turn in an enjoyably bad performance.
09:06Whenever the cameras are rolling,
09:07Hilton acts as if she's the center of the universe.
09:09In reality, she's a black hole
09:11who sucks out any talent in her orbit.
09:13Hey, sweetheart, over here.
09:15Hi.
09:16Who's your date?
09:17His name is Patek.
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09:36Tommy Wiseau is to bad actors
09:38what Daniel Day-Lewis is to seasoned thespians.
09:40He doesn't accept many roles,
09:42the room being Wiseau's only performance
09:44from this decade.
09:45Hi, babe.
09:49I have something for you.
09:51What is it?
09:52Just a little something.
09:54Whenever he returns to the screen, though,
09:56it's a spectacle to behold.
09:57Surprisingly, Wiseau is the one actor on this list
10:00who has yet to be nominated for a Razzie.
10:02Perhaps that's because Wiseau transcends
10:04traditionally bad acting.
10:06Hi.
10:07Can I help you?
10:08Yeah, can I have a dozen red roses, please?
10:10Oh, hi, Johnny. I didn't know it was you.
10:13Here you go.
10:14That's me.
10:15Seeing Wiseau perform
10:17is like having a close encounter with an alien
10:19trying to convince us that he's human,
10:21but has no idea how the species is supposed to speak,
10:24behave, or process basic emotions.
10:26Wiseau is a hoot to observe,
10:28but to say he's anything less than the worst of the worst
10:30would be a disservice to his genius.
10:32You are lying. I never hit you.
10:34You are tearing me apart, Lisa!
10:37Who do you expect to see on the inevitable
10:39top ten worst actors of the 2010s?
10:41Let us know in the comments.
10:43I think I'm gonna be sick.
10:44Me too.
10:45Why?
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