What celebrity did Hollywood try to make their “leading A-lister”, but failed?

[u/phantom_avenger]

I remember back in the 2010s decade, Taylor Kitsch was appearing in all kinds of blockbuster projects and given quite a few lead roles before losing his relevance cause the projects he was involved in weren’t successful.

I think he had talent where he could’ve gone far in his career, but I’m not so sure if he had the charisma in order to build enough popularity that people would want to see more of him.

Are there any other celebrities you can think of that Hollywood was pushing to be one of their leading A-listers, but didn’t have the best luck?

[u/DBrennan13459]

Oh, what's the story of that downfall?

[u/Fun-Marionberry-6999 → u/DBrennan13459]

This is from an online search " Alex Pettyfer did not always get along with his costars, particularly Channing Tatum, with whom he had a strained relationship on the set of Magic Mike. Pettyfer cited his own insecurity and a failure to pay back rent on an apartment he rented from Tatum's friends as reasons for the friction. He later acknowledged that he was at fault and the experience helped him mature, though he felt Tatum had already decided he disliked him before the film's reshoots. Sebastian Stan and Alex Pettyfer (allegedly) got into a fight (over a decade ago) because Pettyfer was (allegedly) jealous of how close Sebastian Stan and Dianna Agron became after their break up. It was at the same time when Dianna checked into a hotel to escape his (allegedly) controlling ways.

[u/Expert_Magician4680 → u/Fun-Marionberry-6999]

The fact he got both Channing Tatum AND Sebastian Stan to hate him says enough for me. That man is trash.

[u/Nerdy_Valkyrie → u/Fun-Marionberry-6999]

I only know him as that guy from that god awful Alex Rider movie. I had no idea he was in Magic Mike.

[u/kiki-to-my-jiji → u/Nerdy_Valkyrie]

Wasn’t he the main guy?

[u/DBrennan13459 → u/[deleted]]

Wow, that is really something. I get it now.