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

Jami Gertz

You can see Jami Gertz appear in single episodes of shows like Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. Her Hollywood breakout was with the film Endless Love, alongside Brooke Shields. She remains an '80s and '90s icon, never landing anything prominent after that.

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The More You Know

  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • Peter Ostrum, Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie after that and is now a veterinarian.
  • During the filming of the movie Titanic, an angry crew member put PCP in James Cameron’s soup, sending him and 50 others to the hospital.
  • 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney movies where both parents are present and at least one doesn't die.
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