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Post by vegalyra on Aug 3, 2017 13:02:10 GMT
Claire Forlani was thought to be part of Hollywood's next A-list in the late 90's after Meet Joe Black, her appearance in Mystery Men the following year was small but was made more prominent by the media -- However, the movie underperformed big time at the box office. The following year she was one of the leads in Boys and Girls with then it guy Freddie Prinze Jr. which also struggled at the box office and did very poor with critics. 2001's Anti-Trust also didn't do too hot either where she was also one of the leads. In 2003, she was Jackie Chan's co-star in The Medallion, which not only met terrible word of the mouth but also only opened at no. 5 at the box office on opening weekend in the U.S. Since then, her career's been pretty, well, 'diverse' is probably the best word to use here, from guest appearances on CSI: NY, NCIS: LA, Hawaii Five-O to one of the leads in Starz's Camelot series, being the love interest in an Uwe Boll film( In the Name of the King), and even beer commercials using a different accent. I recall hearing that a TV series was in the works with her as one of the leads opposite of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje with Natalie Portman in a producing role but nothing ever came of an announcement. Ah, Claire Forlani. My goodness she was/is beautiful. I remember seeing her in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (starring Jim Caviezel interestingly enough). Outside of Jennifer Connelly they were my two loves in modern Hollywood back in the late '90s/early 2000's. I wish she had had a bigger career, but I enjoy the works that she has been in. I much would have preferred her to Kate Winslett in Titanic. Speaking of others though, I'm not sure if she was broadcast to be the next big thing, but Allison Doody was another extremely beautiful woman. Who can forget her appearance in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The next thing I knew she retired from Hollywood to raise her family (commendable but lamentable for those of us who wanted to see her in more things). I believe the next thing I saw her in was the King Solomon's Mines made for TV film with Patrick Swayze. Pretty decent for a made for TV film. Going into the deeper past, a potential leading man that I believe was supposed to be the next big thing was Tom Tryon. I know he made some pretty successful films like the Glory Guys and some others but I believe his treatment by Otto Preminger in the Cardinal dissuaded him from taking many more acting roles.
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