Hollywood blacklist 2022

14. Roseanne Barr

A vocal supporter of Donald Trumps presidency, actress and comedian Roseanne Barr is one of Hollywoods most controversial figures but her outspoken political Twitter rants finally went a step too far in May 2018 when she wrote a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a Senior Advisor to former President Barack Obama. Though Barr later deleted the tweet and issued an apology, ABC promptly canceled the Roseannereboot the very same day, with the companys president labeling her remarks,abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values. While its still a little too early to tell, its hard to see Barr getting offered many roles in the future following her latest public scandal.

12. MoNique

MoNique, whose full name is Monique Angela Hicks, is a comedian and actor who first gained attention for her stand-up shows and for playing Nicole Nikki Parker in the UPN series The Parkers, which ran from 1999 to 2004. However, MoNiques biggest break came in 2009, when her role-playing an abusive mother in Lee Daniels film Preciousearned critical praise and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, since her big win forPrecious, MoNiques film and TV roles have largely dried up and the actress claimed in a 2015 interview with the Hollywood Reporterthat it was because of how she handled the 2010 Oscar campaign for Precious.

According to MoNique, Precious director Lee Daniels confirmed as much to her in a phone call, stating that Hollywood had blackballed her because she didnt play the game. In a subsequent interview, Daniels generally confirmedMoniques position, stating,Her demands through Precious were not always in line with the campaign. This soured her relationship with the Hollywood community.

10. Mel Gibson

While he made a triumphant return as a director with Hacksaw Ridge in 2016, Mel Gibson is still largely blacklisted from Hollywood screens. I doubt we see him act that much at all going forward. Gibson was a very successful and popular actor and director throughout the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. However, Gibson had some very public freakouts that damaged his career beyond recognition. After a drunk driving incident, he went on a giant anti-Semitic rant, which made huge headlines all over the world. It has been over a decade since the incident and some fans have forgiven him. But many people, especially the Hollywood elite, will never forget the things he has said and done.

8. Thora Birch

As a child, Thora Birch was in a ton of notable films and many of us still watch her in Hocus Pocusevery Halloween. She evolved from a child star to a bonafide star in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, with how hot her career started, why is she not a bigger star now? Well, onerumor floating around is she has been blacklisteddue to her father and manager reportedly physically threatening a co-star, which quickly got her fired. While she has recently returned to acting a little here and there, she will never go on to be the star that many thought she would.

6. Sondra Locke

This is a bit of an older example than others on this list, but there is no doubtSondra Locke was blacklisted for quite a while. Locke made her film debut back in the late 1960s and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in her very first role in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. She went in to star in many other films over the next few years and was a talented director too. She was dating Clint Eastwood for a long time and when the couple went through a messy breakup in 1989, she found herself essentially blacklisted from many of the different studios in Hollywood. Most people believe that Eastwood used his considerable star power to leave her out in the cold. This lasted for about a decade and when she did finally return to regular work, her career was never able to get back to where it once was.

4. Vince Vaughn

A little over a decade ago, Vaughn was one of the busiest and most successful actors in Hollywood. He starred in many classic comedies and was popular with fans for being a quick-witted and lovable guy. However, as of recently, he hasnt been nearly as active in Hollywood. It seems like his prime as an actor has long since passed him by. His blacklisting has been more subtle and is mainly due to his own limited range as an actor and his political views. While theres nothing wrong with being a conservative, when you publicly say that there should be guns in all schools to prevent mass shootings, that is something that studios might want to distance from. He has also proven to be unable to excel in any role that is a goofy comedy [probably co-starring with Owen Wilson], as seen by his awful season on HBOs True Detective.

2. Rose McGowan

While she hasnt been an angel throughout her career [making some insensitive remarks at times] McGowan didnt deserve to be blacklisted in the fashion she has been. McGowan is likely best known among her fans for her five-year long run on the TV series Charmed. After the events of 2017, though,many people now know her as one of the people who helped to out the disgusting acts of Harvey Weinstein. He allegedly sexually assaulted her in the late 1990s. While she didnt press charges, they reportedly settled out of court. Since then, Weinstein has reportedly tried to blacklist her from Hollywood and bury the films she has been a part of. Its definitely been a while since McGowan has been offered any sort of lead role in something big.