Actors and actresses who have fallen on Hollywood's blacklist

In Hollywood, one can become famous with a single role — and just as quickly disappear. Scandals, inappropriate jokes, someone being offended by you — and you can become a persona non grata in an instant. For example, these stars once shone brightly, but now they have faded into the background.

Public controversies, accusations, attempts to rebel against the system — the reasons vary, but the result is the same: it leads to losing one's place in Hollywood. Some of the following characters have vanished from screens after public scandals, while others have been inexplicably sidelined. Hollywood knows how to remain silent when needed. Below are the stories of those whose names were recently on posters but are now banned. Some have managed to return, while others have not.

Kevin Spacey: From Legend to Exile

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Until recently, Kevin Spacey was considered one of the best actors of his time. The actor, who won two Oscars for “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty,” was famous for his cult roles and distinctive style. However, in 2017, this career collapsed in a single day.

Actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of attempting sexual assault in 1986 — at that time, Rapp was 14 years old. Spacey did not directly deny it, stating only that he could not recall the incident. He apologized, but the scandal did not stop with just one accusation. More than ten others came forward after Rapp, detailing the actor's misconduct. Investigations began.

Netflix removed Spacey from the “House of Cards” series and canceled his contract. Ridley Scott reshot the already completed film “All the Money in the World,” replacing him with Christopher Plummer. Hollywood closed all doors in front of him.

In 2022, a New York jury acquitted Spacey in the Rapp case. In 2023, a London court also found him not guilty on nine charges. However, the two acquittals did not change the main thing: Spacey was not invited back to major cinema.

He tried to make a comeback — acted in low-budget films, gave interviews, but Hollywood still did not accept him.

Megan Fox: Out of the Game for One Word

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Megan Fox could have been the new legend of Hollywood. The success of “Transformers,” media attention, contracts, red carpets — all of it was leading her to super star status. But a single interview changed everything.

In 2009, while commenting on her filming with Michael Bay, the actress compared the director to Hitler. It was just an inappropriate joke, but the consequences were ruthless. Since Bay was working on “Transformers” with the support of Spielberg's production company, Steven demanded that the actress be fired from the third installment. After that, rumors spread quickly in the film industry about the inability to “work with Fox.”

Megan tried to return to cinema. She starred in “Jennifer's Body” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” attempting to overcome this through independent projects and advertising contracts. However, success was far from the star status she had during “Transformers.” Only in recent years has her career begun to revive, with her new style and appearances on red carpets attracting public attention again. In 2023, she starred in “Transformers 4,” and in 2025, she is scheduled to appear in a major animated project. However, the path to fame remains uncertain. She was sidelined for one word — and even though she is ready to return, she has remained on the outskirts for a long time.

Brendan Fraser: A Trial of Pain and Forgetting

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In the 90s, Brendan Fraser was the epitome of the adventure genre. “The Mummy,” “George of the Jungle,” “Blast from the Past” — these films brought him fame and the love of audiences. He played simple, charming characters, and it seemed he had a long way ahead in big cinema. But everything changed.

In 2003, according to the actor, he was sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, then president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The incident became a psychological trauma for Fraser, but he remained silent for nearly 15 years. He spoke about it for the first time in an interview with GQ magazine in 2018. By that time, his career had already fallen apart.

Apart from personal traumas, he dealt with a difficult divorce from his wife, the loss of his mother, and health issues. Numerous surgeries, depression, being fired from various projects — after all this, the actor completely faded into the shadows. “Hollywood left me like a broken toy,” he later said.

However, Fraser did not give up. In 2022, he returned to the screen in the film “The Whale” — and won an Oscar for Best Actor. For Fraser, this was not just a victory — it was a return to the world of cinema.

Rose McGowan: When Truth is More Expensive than a Career

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Rose McGowan was one of the first to openly speak out against Harvey Weinstein, whom she accused of violence in 1997. For a long time, she remained silent due to the pressure of the film industry and confidentiality agreements. However, after an investigation was published in “The New York Times” in 2017, McGowan stopped being silent and became one of the key activists of the #MeToo movement.

In fact, revealing the truth should have protected her, but everything turned out the opposite. Hollywood remained silent. Producers canceled contracts, and actors avoided her. “If you stand up against the system, be ready for it to try to destroy you,” McGowan said in an interview. Now she is more of an activist fighting for justice than an actress. Hollywood doors are closed for her. Interestingly, the truth she tried to reveal destroyed her life.

Hollywood quickly forgets those who step out of line. Here, they value obedience, not principle. These stories remind us how easily the industry can erase even the most talented. Nevertheless, the question arises: in such situations, who should be erased — the stars or those who sidelined them?