Kate Hudson-Loved her in Almost Famous and then?
Jen Anniston-Do I need to explain her romcom hell?
Katherine Heigl...In anything
I know there are more...
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Interesting question. First answer is that I guess there aren't any absolute "will not see" actors for me. I can think of actors and actresses who are the opposite, ie. I won't say "no" no matter how bad the movie (Sean Connery has done some real stinkers but still shone in many of them).
But actors and actresses that I would say "no" to even if the movie was good? Hmmm. I'm not overly fond of Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves but have voluntarily watched movies with them in (though I largely avoid Cruise these days) and do have movies by both on my "to see someday" list (e.g. Mission Impossible series for Cruise, Matrix trilogy for Reeves).
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Directors make the film what it is, not the actor or actress.
They will bring out the best and worst in an actor/actress.
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Sort of true but not all the way. Some people just grate on you no matter what. For my mother it is Chevy Chase and Dudley Moore. Sometimes it is the voice or sometimes it is just their acting style. Or if they keep choosing lousy projects sooner or later they lose their fans.
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Yes you are right. I was 50% off topic. There are actors who for some reason annoy viewers. A friend of mine could never watch any De Niro movies. I think my point was that, no matter how bad the actor is perceived to be, when placed with the right role, screenplay, director, could pull off a good performance.
If I'm on topic, I guess my choice would be Jason Statham. He's the only performer that will make me not want to watch the film. There are some others but in most cases they have made a movie I didn't mind, eg:
Keanu Reeves: LIKE Bill & Ted HATE Point Break
Steven Seagal: LIKE Marked for Death HATE everything else
Adam Sandler: LOVE Happy Gilmore HATE everything else
Curious how many of the answers on this thread revolve around comedy actors and romcoms. I think it does back up a bit my suggestion about direction. Many films in these genres are directed by "2nd unit" directors.