Grey’s Anatomy
Shonda Rhimes is one of the hottest name in video these days . It ’s not often that a show creator is nearly as bountiful as the TV stars . Rhimes is n’t just the name behind one monumental show , she ’s the Godhead and producer of several staggeringly successful show , many of them with overlapping actors , and all of them contained within the magical public known as Shondaland .
It all start withGrey ’s Anatomyin 2005 . The popularity of the show and tightly compose episodes showed the business leader that be at the ABC internet that there was an appetency for Rhimes ' creations . Two years later , the tailspin - offPrivate Practicelaunched . After that , the next Shondaland productions released - the short - livedOff the Mapand the tremendous hitScandal , in 2011 and 2012 respectively . We then gotHow to Get Away with MurderandThe Catch , as well as the raw entry kvetch off in March of 2018,Station 19 .
From Ellen Pompeo to Kerry Washington , we have watch several Shondaland histrion grow into A - Lister in front of our very eyes . While a few of the actors were stars prior to joining their various show , lifespan before Shondaland was n’t as sweet for everyone .
Here are15 Embarrassing Roles Shondaland Stars Want You To Forget .
Eric Dane inSaved by the Bell
In general , landing a role on the iconic TV showSaved by the Bell , is nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about . Long before Eric Dane was McSteamy onGrey ’s Anatomy , he played Tad Pogue , a brainless hunk trying to win the affections of Leah Remini during the Malibu Sands Beach Resort history electric arc onSaved by the Bell . This was also Dane ’s first ever professional acting role . While his performance is a shade cringeworthy , it ’s Dane ’s behind - the - scenery narrative of take the one and only episode he appeared in that is most embarrassing .
The worker says that it was on that 24-hour interval that he learned the difference between the actor ’s job and the film director ’s .
After one particularly bad take , a confused Dane seemingly yelled " cut ! " which did n’t go over well with the mortal in charge . " The theater director tore my top dog off , " Dane remembers , but he never made the fault again .
Viola Davis inGet Rich or Die Tryin'
Viola Davis is an manufacture human dynamo andHow to Get Away with Murderhas serve her attain that . Despite the respect she ’s receive from her peers , it ’s only been within the last decade that Davis has become well - known to consultation . Before that , she suffered through some small gigs and lesser movie , but one that stand up out from the relief , and not in a respectable way .
no matter of Curtis " 50 Cent " Jackson ’s more late work , his first movieGet copious or Die Tryin’was a terrible endeavour . Even though it is n’t unlike the many other rags to rich movies , this one just feel cornier because it ’s 50 Cent ’s life-time story .
Davis play grandma in this stinker . She ’s quite good , easily the best part of the movie . That being said , her curriculum vitae hasGet Rich or exit Tryin’on it for lifespan .
Ellen Pompeo inDaredevil
For Ellen Pompeo , it ’s not the quality of her other role or her execution that is sticky ; it ’s the picture that she was in . We ’re talking aboutDaredevil- and not the mellow - lineament Netflix show either . While many actors would be glad to take part in a major motility moving picture production , few could be gallant of a movie as bad asDaredevil .
as luck would have it , fan have largely forgotten Pompeo ’s role in this fateful movie . It could have been worse for her , much worse . Cast as Karen Page , Matt Murdock ’s writing table , Pompeo ’s fictional character believably should have had a expectant role in the movie . After all , she is one ofDaredevil’slongest - serving fictional character as well as Murdock ’s long - prison term love interest .
Pompeo is in the motion-picture show and , blank out persona or not , her name is forever attached toDaredevil .
Chyler Leigh inKickboxing Academy
Over the last decade , Chyler Leigh grow from being known as Janey Briggs fromNot Another Teen Movieto star inGrey ’s Anatomyas Dr. Lexie Grey and , more recently as Alex Danvers inSuper Girl . If you go far back into Leigh ’s performing yesteryear , beforeNot Another TeenMovie , you will find something unsavory . Some might even call it disgusting and unexplainable .
The moving-picture show in question is the shamefulKickboxing Academy . Leigh plays the spark advance , Cindy . In the movie , Leigh has her first on - camera make - out session with Danny , played by Christopher Khayman Lee . Lee is well cognize for play the Red Ranger Andros , inPower Rangers in Space . What is not so well know about Lee is that he is Leigh ’s blood brother . Now add that all up - Leigh ’s first on - tv camera kiss was with her own brother .
Patrick Dempsey inMeatballs III: Summer Job
More than 30 year ago , Patrick Dempsey was just a youthful homo seek to make a name for himself in show job . To do this , he had to take whatever he could get . In 1986 , that was the lead role inMeatballs III : Summer Job . If you remember the firstMeatballs , you ’ll remember the main youngster , Rudy . Well , Dempsey play Rudy as a stripling .
The movie is tough , but you do n’t need to have seen it to interpret how sincerely embarrassing it is .
Here ’s the plot : after a adult star is denied entrance to heaven , she must perform a good deed on earth to get in . Thankfully for the picture , her unspoilt title is to help Rudy get lay . count that Dempsey wore trash in this movie , and we all know how ugly his glassful are , it was quite a good deed .
Tony Goldwyn inJason Lives: Friday the 13thPart VI
Tony Goldwyn was a intimate human face beforeScandal , known best as the antagonist inGhost . But beforeGhostandScandal , there wasJason Lives : Friday the 13thPart VI , Goldwyn ’s first acting part .
Even though Goldwyn play it cool when speak about the small role in an interview withVanity carnival , enjoin “ You ’ve stimulate to start somewhere in this business . I did n’t last long in that movie , though . ”
His part in the movie is but hilarious .
After conform to Jason on a saturnine woodland route , Darren , Goldwyn ’s character , gets out to face the disguised slasher . Standing there shaking in his boots , Darren meekly points the world ’s smallest hit man at Jason . A few seconds later on , Goldwyn is stabbed with a lance and escort flying through the air like a rag doll .
Peter Krause inBlood Harvest
Many Shondaland fan were disappoint when , after only two season , The Catchwas cancelled . Though Peter Krause , the thespian who played principal character Benjamin Jones on the show , must have been a bite sore about the cancellation as well , but Krause is a professional . He ’s been in the industry for a long fourth dimension and has live cancellations before . He has read to take the goodness with the uncollectible , and has had his fair percentage of bad .
In 1987 , Krause broke into the industry when he was put up the role of " beau " in a new slasher pic calledBlood harvest home . This picture show , which would go on to become one of the worst slasher movies in history , is best know for star Tiny Tim - a famed ukulele player .
Scott Foley inSweet Valley High
For a farseeing time , Scott Foley was one of those actors you get laid , but were never quite certain where from . Before he bring his function onScandal , he had been onGrey ’s Anatomy , rightful Blood , ScrubsandDawson ’s Creekin recurring roles , but never was a major participant . His first ever role was an embarrassing one onSweet Valley Highback in 1995 . For this , he played the tree - hug reference Zack for one episode .
According to Foley , he reckon better of his public presentation than the industry did .
“ I made 230 buck for that instalment and quit my chore await table and thought , ' This is it ! ’ " he said . " Little did I know it ’d be another four year before I got another act task . ” That next task would be a role onStep by Step . Dawson ’s Creekfollowed that , leading to a happy ending for Mr. Foley .
Katherine Heigl inMyFather the Hero
Katherine Heigl may feel that she does n’t deserve the nasty reputation she ’s been saddle with , but she ’s said some things that come with consequence . She ’s also done a few things that have raised some eyebrows , include her early study in the movieMyFather the Hero . We ’re not about to place all the incrimination on Heigl for this one . unluckily , she is the one that has to digest that hybrid .
When Disney decided to make over the Gallic movie , Mon Pere , Ce Hero , it seems that the team did n’t quite cerebrate about how the cognitive content would render . More than two decennium after the motion picture was made , it feels almost exotic to viewers . Aside from the kissing scenes between Heigl and her 22 - year - old love interest , the intact movie ’s premiss is built on the magic trick of a strong-arm relationship between father and girl . It ’s an uncomfortable lookout man , to put it gently .
Miguel Sandoval inHoward the Duck
As Miguel Sandoval prepares to enter theStation 19phase of his career , it ’s high time we honour the work he ’s done in the past . With more than 35 years in the industry and over 160 act credits , Sandoval has earned his acknowledgement . From his workplace onSeinfeldtoMedium , this gentleman’s gentleman has had an excellent career to be gallant of , but is that the pillow slip for every acting credit ? What aboutHoward the Duck ?
commonly in the track for the title of bad movie in account , Howard the Ducktook many prisoners .
Sandoval is one of them . In perhaps the most embarrassing of all scenes in the movie , Sandoval is part of a bar fight . He ’s one of the lubber that Howard confronts for badmouthing Beverly ( Lea Thompson ) . Specifically , Sandoval is the one that Howard tragically hits with a bottleful .
