Sequels are a humorous beast — not often do they reside as much as the unique motion pictures they’re primarily based on, and so they can typically really feel like hole imitations of what got here earlier than. It is no marvel some stars flat-out refuse to do them once they can. Listed here are a number of examples of actors who made a fortunate escape…
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Velocity was an enormous hit within the ’90s, thanks in no small half to Keanu Reeves’ charisma within the lead position, and his unbelievable chemistry with Sandra Bullock, however he turned down the follow-up Velocity 2: Cruise Management.
He declined after studying the script and deciding it “simply wasn’t proper”. His character, Jack, was changed by an nearly similar character named Alex, who was performed by Jason Patric.
Velocity 2: Cruise Management turned out to bomb on the field workplace and was extensively panned by critics, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of solely 4% (in comparison with the primary film’s 95%).
However whereas Brendan Fraser returned for a 3rd film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Rachel did not. There have been rumours this was resulting from her character being aged as much as be the mom of an grownup son, however she claimed it was primarily due to scheduling conflicts.
Maria Bello changed Rachel within the position of Evie for Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Though it did obtain field workplace success, it was the bottom earner of the franchise, and a crucial flop, with simply 13% on Rotten Tomatoes. The deliberate follow-up was subsequently cancelled.
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Jodie Foster received Finest Actress on the Academy Awards for her position as Clarice in The Silence of the Lambs, however she wasn’t interested by revisiting the character for the sequel, Hannibal, due partially to scheduling points however primarily resulting from inventive considerations.
Julianne Moore changed her as Clarice, and whereas Hannibal was a industrial success, it obtained principally adverse opinions, and Jodie appeared to don’t have any regrets, later saying “I noticed Hannibal. I will not remark.”
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Richard Dreyfuss declined to reprise his Jaws position of Matt Hooper in Jaws 2 as a result of unique director Steven Spielberg wasn’t returning — and in addition due to pay considerations.
And whereas Jaws 2 was a success, it obtained combined opinions, with Roger Ebert even calling it “pure trash”.
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Chris Tucker starred alongside Ice Dice in Friday, which was a industrial and important success, however he did not reprise his position of Smokey for the sequel Subsequent Friday resulting from spiritual causes — though Ice Dice suggests cash was the precise concern.
Regardless of the purpose, he would not appear to have regretted his determination. Subsequent Friday, in the meantime, was completely panned by critics.
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Jim Carrey initially agreed to return for a sequel to his hit comedy The Masks, however in the end walked away after his expertise with the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, left him feeling creatively dissatisfied and turned him off to the concept of returning to a personality he’d already performed.
A sequel, Son of the Masks, later went forward with out him, and it was an utter failure on the field workplace and with critics.
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Daddy Day Care did not get nice opinions from critics, however it was an enormous industrial hit. Regardless of this, star Eddie Murphy opted to not return for the sequel, Daddy Day Camp (in actual fact, not one of the unique solid returned).
Cuba Gooding Jr took up the mantle as Eddie’s character Charlie, however Daddy Day Camp was much more negatively reviewed than its predecessor — incomes a measly 1% on Rotten Tomatoes and successful Worst Prequel or Sequel on the Golden Raspberry Awards.
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Lengthy earlier than it was an MTV collection, Michael J. Fox starred as Scott in quirky comedy Teen Wolf, which was so profitable it rapidly spawned a sequel, Teen Wolf Too.
Nonetheless, resulting from reportedly disliking the heavy werewolf make-up and in addition being busy with different tasks, Michael J. Fox declined to return for the sequel. Teen Wolf Too as a substitute focuses on his character’s cousin, Todd, who was performed by Jason Bateman. It was a whole crucial and industrial flop.
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Independence Day was a blockbuster smash when it was launched in 1996, and Will Smith was a key a part of that success within the position of Captain Steve Hiller. It took twenty years for a sequel to seem in Independence Day: Resurgence, and regardless of a number of unique solid members returning, Will declined resulting from scheduling conflicts and wage considerations.
Resurgence was a field workplace disappointment and did not impress critics, incomes 29% on Rotten Tomatoes. Even returning star Vivica A. Fox acknowledged afterwards that she did not suppose the film was good, and that “we missed out by not bringing Will Smith again”.
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Geena Davis starred reverse Jeff Goldblum in The Fly, which was a industrial and important hit, however she refused to return for the sequel when the script had her character, Veronica, dying in childbirth within the first act.
She was changed by Saffron Henderson, and whereas the film was reasonably profitable on the field workplace, it’s fairly extensively hated by followers and critics alike.
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When paparazzi photographs revealed Kristen Stewart allegedly having an affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, each have been let go from the franchise — though Kristen was supplied a cameo within the sequel, Snow White and the Huntsman: Winter’s Warfare, which she turned down.
Jessica Chastain joined the franchise because the spouse of Chris Hemsworth’s character, the titular Huntsman, however the film was a letdown for followers and critics, to not point out on the field workplace. Kristen Stewart later mentioned, “Thank God” she wasn’t in it.
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Whereas Macauley Culkin and the opposite lead solid members returned for House Alone sequel House Alone 2: Misplaced in New York, he was taking a break from performing by the point House Alone 3 was within the works.
The film shifted focus from Macauley’s character Kevin to a child known as Alex, who was performed by Alex D. Linz. Whereas House Alone 3 did not fully flop, it did not attain the heights of the primary two motion pictures, and it is not remembered very fondly in comparison with the originals.
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Jamie Lee Curtis shot to stardom as Laurie Strode in Halloween and its sequel Halloween II, however she bailed on the franchise and its many, many sequels for practically twenty years after that as a result of she did not need that one position or style to outline her.
Whereas she did return to the collection and several other of its motion pictures in her later profession, with various levels of success, the declining high quality of the intervening motion pictures urged she made the fitting alternative early on.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to reprise his position of Dutch in Predator 2, the sequel to Predator, resulting from a wage dispute.
Though later motion pictures within the franchise did properly, Predator 2 itself wasn’t very properly obtained and was the lowest-grossing film within the collection.
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And eventually, Brendan Fraser did not return to the titular position of George of the Jungle for the sequel, George of the Jungle 2 as a result of, he says, the studio was “too low cost” to rent him.
He was changed by Christopher Showerman, and the sequel ended up going direct to video and fully underwhelmed audiences and the few critics who bothered with it.
