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

Rick Moranis

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids star Rick Moranis had a pretty successful career through the 1980s and '90s, with features also in Spaceballs, Ghostbusters, and Little Shop of Horrors. Unfortunately, his wife died in 1997 and he's taken a sabbatical from acting since.

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