21 Movies That Turned Actors Into One-Hit Wonders
‘Hey it’s me Nikki Blonsky from the movie ‘Hairspray’’

The music industry is rife with song.
But movies have one-hit wonders, too. Sometimes, an actor was perfectly built in the shape of one role, and they never really manage to fit into another one. Other times, the movie was just so good that it distracted you from how bad the actor was. Often, they were just children. Whatever the case, it’s what inspired Kelvin_Inman to ask r/AskReddit, “What actor is a ‘one-hit wonder’?”
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Blazing Saddles

Superbad

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Psycho

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Say Anything…

Crocodile Dundee

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

The Crying Game

Hairspray

Twilight

An American Werewolf in London

Young Einstein

Dirty Dancing

The Shining

Amadeus

The NeverEnding Story

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Tropic Thunder
