I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The Stars Who Never Want to Play Grueling Roles Again — From Colin Farrell as Penguin to Will Ferrell in 'Elf'
Don’t ask these actors to show up for the sequel!
Nov. 11 2024, Published 9:00 p.m. ET
Colin Farrell – 'The Penguin'
Farrell played Penguin for the HBO series, but he wasn't happy with the process to turn into the character.
The HBO spinoff series of The Batman movie was arduous for the 48-year-old, between the prosthetics, fat suit, and darkness he needed to play the villain.
"By the end of it, I was b------- and moaning to anyone who would listen to me that I f------ wanted it to be finished," Colin Farrell recently said of being reluctant to do a second season. "Maybe in a year, I would. But when I finished I was like, ‘I never want to put that f------ suit and that f------ head on again.'"
Kristen Wiig – 'Bridesmaids'
Wiig won't be making a sequel to the successful comedy Bridesmaids
It's not happening! One out-of-control poop scene was enough for 51-year-old Kristen Wiig, who shut the door on making a part two to the rowdy flick.
"It wasn't a hard decision," said the Saturday Night Live vet, who co-wrote the movie with Annie Mumolo. "We knew during the first one, this was it. We would have made a lot of money if there was a second one, but that's not my goal in my creative life."
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – 'Fuller House'
The Olsen twins' success in the fashion world allowed them to say no to the 'Full House' spinoff.
Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, 38, shared the role of cutie-pie Michelle Tanner on the popular sitcom Full House. By the time the reboot came along almost two decades later, they were established in the fashion world as heads of The Row.
"We understood", costar John Stamos said of their decision to pass. "I remember [costar] Lori [Loughlin] saying to me, ‘They won... two or three CFDA [Fashion] Awards. That's like winning two or three Oscars. If you won three Oscars, would you come back and do this?' I was like, ‘Eh, maybe not.'"
Keanu Reeves – 'Speed'
Reeves wasn't reeled in with the 'Speed' sequel plot, deciding to pass on it.
The 60-year-old just couldn't get on board when the bus-set thriller's sequel was set to take place on a cruise ship.
Keanu Reeves later said: "It was just a situation in life where I got the script, and I read the script and I was like, ‘Agh.' It was about a cruise ship, and I was like... a cruise ship is even slower than a bus. And I was just like, ‘I love you guys, but I just can't do it.'"
Jason Patrick took over as the male lead opposite original star Sandra Bullock.
Neve Campbell – 'Scream'
Campbell took a break from 'Scream' before returning.
The actress backed out of the sixth installment of the horror flick when she felt she wasn't being paid enough.
"The offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise," said 50-year-old Neve Campbell, whose character Sidney Prescott's absence in the film was attributed to her being in hiding with her family.
Said one character: "She deserves her happy ending."
And Campbell got one, too: She'll appear in Scream 7!
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Will Ferrell – 'Elf'
Ferrell was not interested in returning to the 'Elf' franchise despite the huge success.
"I just think it would look slightly pathetic if I tried to squeeze back in the elf tights: Buddy the middle-aged elf," Will Ferrell, 57, joked of reprising his role as a human brought up by Santa's helpers in the North Pole.
Many breathed a sigh of relief since the original movie is considered a holiday classic!
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