


This leads him to a strange island that's far from paradise. And his performance in Danny Boyle’s The Beach had people believing this would be the unfortunate truth.Īn adaptation of Alex Garland's novel, The Beach is about an American college student looking for new experiences in Southeast Asia. There were undoubtedly moments of brilliance ( What's Eating Gilbert Grape), but it was still possible that he was nothing more than a flash-in-the-pan heartthrob. It’d be impossible to name the greatest actors working today without mentioning Leonardo DiCaprio, but in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, his rep wasn’t so solid. RELATED: The 25 Biggest Academy Award Fails RELATED: The 50 Worst Actors in Hollywood History RELATED: 10 Reasons Why You Should Watch Akira Kurosawa Movies RELATED: 25 Young Actors to Keep an Eye On These are The 25 Worst Movie Performances by Good Actors. Before we celebrate Hollywood's most gifted actors their accomplishments this Sunday, we’re looking to remind the best of the best about their missteps. Just don't forget that in a year full of powerful performances like Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild and Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, there were plenty of duds. With stories about the war on terrorism, the turning point in a presidential administration, and a spaghetti western about slavery, 2012 was a solid year for cinema, with the highlight being the unprecedented variety of genres that are up for statuettes this year.

With award season building up to the Oscars this Sunday, it’s easy to bask in the glow of some of this year's finest achievements in film.
