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why didnt "true lies" give her career a big boost?

posted 8 years ago by stepsonglass
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that was a massive hit film both commercially and critically. she co-starred with one of the biggest leading men at the time and won a golden globe for best actress....yet didnt have a follow up film until more than 2 years later with "house arrest"....a crappy b-list family friendly comedy (i actually kind of like house arrest if im being honest but it's not something an a-lister does after coming off a 500 million dollar picture).

i never really understood this. she didnt really have a major headlining hit film until halloween h20 4 yrs later....and even that was only a mid level hit.

jamie has always been my favorite actress, mostly because i love horror and i love her personality. ive always wondered why her career was so hit and miss...mostly miss.

[–] Dan_Garten 8 years ago

Yeah, some of her choices were strange after True Lies.

[–] Devinpl86 8 years ago

She never needed to try to be in the spotlight her kids were a big deal to her and fate brought freaky Friday her way and that brought another massive $100 million dollar golden glove nominated hit duhhhhh

[–] Devinpl86 8 years ago

Globe***

[–] stepsonglass 8 years ago

freaky friday was 10 yrs after true lies so im not sure what that has to do with anything

[–] Devinpl86 8 years ago

Right but I remember thinking the same thing u r saying back then but through interviews I would see she didn't wanna work much and wrote children's books n stuff so essentially her post-true lies legacy is h20,friday and Christmas w the kranks (critically panned but financial success and somehow a Christmas classic to many)

[–] mcfly-31 8 years ago

She's always had a weird career anyway. From a scream queen to leading boobie lady/sex symbol, and then she even did a rom-com TV series for a couple of years. She's always been that odd sort of sex symbol actress without the movie-star looks whose characters have that hard outer shell. As far as True Lies, she [i]was[i] in her mid-thirties, which is nearly the death knell for an actress approaching 40 where the roles start to dry up.

"Jesus, does anyone?"

[–] TommyJarvis82 (2577) 7 years ago

Agreed.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

She was still a middle aged woman, always harder to get parts.