Actors Who Were Supposed To Be The Next Big Thing But Fizzled Out

Fairuza Balk

You might remember Fairuza Balk from her role as Dorothy in Disney's Return to Oz. After that, she earned several minor roles, such as Hubble in The Worst Witch. she even won an Independent Spirit Award for the film Food Lodging.

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The More You Know

  • The Titanic film runs for as long as the ship sunk.
  • The iconic body and hand in the poster for American Beauty belong to actress/model Chloe Hunter, not Mena Suvari.
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.
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