7 Actors Who Determined To Ditch Complete Movie Genres

Discover out why these stars gave up on sure genres..

George Clooney has portrayed an onscreen heartthrob for almost all of his profession however he now not has any curiosity in taking over romantic roles. Following 2022’s Ticket to Paradise, George defined that he simply doesn’t really feel like competing towards youthful actors within the romance style.

“Look, I’m 63 years outdated. I’m not attempting to compete with 25-year-old main males,” George not too long ago mentioned on 60 Minutes. “That’s not my job. I’m not doing romantic movies anymore.”

Liam Neeson has revamped a dozen motion pictures within the motion movie style however he says he’s prepared to hold up his hat. Whereas Liam says he presently has no downside maintaining with motion roles bodily, he is aware of that at some point he gained’t be capable to battle like he used to and doesn’t wish to need to always depend on his stunt double Mark Vanselow. He shared that he plans to step away from motion motion pictures “possibly the top of” 2025.

“I’m 72 — it has to cease at some stage,” Liam not too long ago informed PEOPLE “You’ll be able to’t idiot audiences. I don’t need Mark to be combating my battle scenes for me.”

Early in Matthew McConaughey’s profession, he made a reputation for himself starring in rom-coms — however finally determined that it wasn’t the course he needed to take his profession. He made a aware resolution to show down any rom-coms that got here his means and even notably turned down a $14.5 million payday. As soon as studios realized he was severe about taking completely different sorts of roles, the provides dried up.

“No provides got here in for nearly a 12 months and a half. I used to be now shaking fingers with the truth that I’ll by no means work in Hollywood once more. It pinched me somewhat, however I used to be okay with it. It was time for a brand new chapter in my life,” Matthew informed AARP.

It took time however studios lastly started to simply accept that Matthew was on a brand new path. He went on to land main roles in dramas like Dallas Patrons Membership and The Lincoln Lawyer.

Clint Eastwood’s early profession targeted on taking part in the main man in Western movies like The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider however after years of taking part in a cowboy-type, Clint determined to stroll away from Westerns. In 1992, after his movie Unforgiven took house Finest Image on the Oscars, he mentioned he didn’t suppose he’d do any extra.

“That was a beautiful script. However it appeared prefer it was the top of the street for me with the style, as a result of it kind of summarized every part I felt in regards to the Western at that individual time,” he shared with Esquire in 2008.

Though he walked away from the style for many years, he finally returned to his roots in 2021’s Cry Macho.

In 2012, Jackie Chan introduced that he was performed with motion movies after constructing his profession on his martial arts and stunt expertise. He defined that he thought the world was already too violent and needed to make Chinese language Zodiac his “final huge motion film.” Whereas he did say he would nonetheless hold his commitments to The Karate Child and Rush Hour franchises, he mentioned he needed to concentrate on extra severe components.

“The world is just too violent now. I like combating however I hate violence,” he mentioned throughout a press convention. “I need the viewers to know I’m not nearly combating, additionally I can act. And so, daily, 12 months by 12 months, I mentioned, ‘Proper, I’m going to point out you the true Jackie Chan.’ I don’t simply wish to be an motion star, I wish to be a real actor.”

Michael Douglas has appeared in his fair proportion of Marvel motion pictures however he doesn’t wish to participate in any additional MCU flicks. In reality, Michael says he requested to be killed off Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania however his pitch was turned down. Sooner or later, he says he’s simply not going to point out as much as movie.

“[Getting killed off] really was my request for the third one,” he mentioned on The View. “I mentioned I’d wish to have a severe [death], with all these nice particular results. There’s bought to be some implausible means the place I can shrink to an ant dimension and explode, no matter it’s. I wish to use all these results. However, that was on the final one. Now, I don’t suppose I’m going to point out up.”

Since collaborating within the Lord of the Rings franchise, Viggo Mortensen has taken a step again from franchise movies. Whereas he’s not fully opposed, he says most of them are “not often that good” and “not often that effectively written.” As an alternative, he opts for movies that inform “fascinating tales.”

“I’d by no means do a film simply because so-and-so is directing it. It must be in regards to the story. And if I feel I’m proper for the character, that at all times comes first. That goes for franchises,” he informed Self-importance Truthful. “However they’re not often that good. I imply, to me, they’re not often that effectively written. They’re type of predictable. I imply, after all there’s at all times the problem of if I run out of cash.”