Today's Blind Items - The Stroke
This actor used to be A list. Actually, if you include his franchise, which is all he really did, he was probably A+ list. Movies. On top of the world. Started spending money and doing drugs like crazy. He blew millions of dollars on women and booze and drugs and ended up having a stroke. A bad one. Drug related. The story has always been that he just didn't want to act any longer. Nope. He couldn't. He couldn't remember lines and he had a speech issue and he had trouble with his physical movements. When he was all set to make a comeback in another installment of his franchise he did physical therapy for almost a year before they started shooting, but it just wasn't quite the same. He looked ok, but his timing was off and he couldn't do the same things he did before. He did get a huge paycheck though. Monstrous and blew a lot of it on drugs again and had another stroke. This time he vowed to never use drugs again and is slowly regaining his old form. He has a new woman in his life who also is his sober coach. Our actor is still really young, so hopefully he can get it all together and be back on top like he used to be.
NOT GARY BUSEY.
ReplyDeleteMark Hammill?
ReplyDeleteDena, I thought of him, but he's not that young.
DeleteBrilliant guess!
DeleteI thought he was just jacked up from that bad car wreck
DeleteBrendan Fraser or Michael Keaton. (Sorry to his biggest fan on this board)
ReplyDelete@Sandy: NOT BETTLEJUICE
DeleteCan't be mah boo. He wouldn't be described as 'really young'
Delete@Sandy but Brandon Fraser is a really good guess. (My phone has capslockangst issues)
DeleteAlso like Brendan guess unfortunately.
Delete#BeetleJuice has a movie coming out w/ Emma Stone.
Delete#Birdman
DeleteFraser has been working pretty consistently since the mummy.
Delete#datenite
Deletesadly Keaton was blacklisted from Hollywood, when he wouldn't continue the Batman franchise with the 3rd movie. Lame reason, but I'd be pissed too with sloppy Val Kilmer as the legendary icon
DeleteCouldn't be Hamill. He has acted in several movies and done lots of voice acting. Busey is a good guess but he isn't that young. I suck at blinds so I have no guess :(
ReplyDeleteOrlando Bloom
ReplyDeleteOrlando jumped from pirates to lotr.
DeleteIt sounds like his franchise might have been when he was a teen or in his 20's for him to still be really young now. But, I have no guess.
ReplyDeleteMaccauley Culkin
ReplyDeleteShia LaDouche?
ReplyDeleteI thought Orlando Bloom too, but he's worked steadily and actually has two franchises.
ReplyDeleteRalph Macchio??
ReplyDeleteWell we could count R2D2 or C3PO or Chewbacca because those 3 betches are A++ and have never done shit except a franchise.
ReplyDelete@Sandybrook Mm I see what you did there... ^_^
DeleteDammit!!¡ talk about anticlimatic! Grr. I meant this!
DeleteAlex Winter
ReplyDeleteEh prolly not Shia but the whole franchise thing and not wanting to act was what made me think of him.
ReplyDeleteVin Diesel. Skipped some of the Fast & Furious movies and then came back. In between did only video games and voice work.
ReplyDelete@Beth Pitch Black is his other franchise though. I am admittedly a huge Riddick fangirl. Except you know all but the first movie suck.
DeleteI honestly think Fraser would be a better answer then Keaton. I think hes got some troubles. Keaton just didn't work.
ReplyDeleteThis is a tough one, Paul Hogan-Crocodile Dundee?
ReplyDeleteWesley Snipes
ReplyDeleteblanket!
DeleteI thought he went to jail. Is jail the new stroke??
DeleteHogan is really old Montana.
ReplyDeleteWesley Snipes has been in jail and just got out Derek
MacCauley
ReplyDeleteBrendan Fraser is also a good guess. 7 year layoff between Mummy II and Mummy III (after I and II were more-or-less back to back).
ReplyDeleteKeaton recently did The Other Guys. He was awesome in it. Not him
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Keaton has 3 movies coming out this year, not too shabby!
DeleteRight, also Keaton has done a lot if voice acting for animated films, mainly Pixar films. Cars movies, Toy Story, etc.
DeleteAnd robocock.
DeleteAlso pro-Brendan: There is definitely a new-ish girlfriend that there have been very recent rumors about him getting engaged to.
ReplyDeleteAnti-Brendan: How does Gods & Monsters fit in? Filmed post-rehab/pre-second stroke, perhaps?
Not sure about BF per the BI his franchise is the ONLY thing he has done. BF has an extensive resume.
ReplyDeleteI'll go with whatever Montana comes up with. Homey is masterful at the main blind.
DeleteFraser does have an extensive resume, but the timeline fits with the last Mummy movie, his divorce, new woman, etc. His credits from 03-06 are pretty thin. Voice work and very minor TV/Movie appearances. Pretty steep drop from where he was late 90's early 00's with no real reason.
ReplyDelete@spacey - hey! Long time no see!
DeleteSame with you Fru how are you?
DeleteFabulous but busy, astro! Summertime craziness - in the best possible way. How's winter treating you down under?
Delete+1:for the vin diesel guess.
ReplyDeleteThe bi says the guy is still very young but there are a bunch of old dude guesses on here. Jus sayin
Not Keanu Reeves I hope.
ReplyDelete@Crila- you and me both! ♡
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ReplyDeleteShit not that it matters but Kane Hodder was mother fuckin Jason Vorhees not Myers. Ugh I can't believe I did that, Kane is the best.
DeleteVin Diesel has had steady box office releases for almost 15 years. Like them or not. And technically has 3 franchises if you count the XXX movies.
ReplyDeleteI'm throwing my vote into the Fraser ring. The fact the blind refers to blowing tons of money also fits with his child support issues from a few months back.
ReplyDeleteCan't be Brendan Fraser or Keaton, because they've both been consistently working.
ReplyDeleteI do like the MacCauley guess and Keanu...and I also like Viggio Mortenson as a guess..
Who had a stroke is the key.
ReplyDeleteNone of the following had a stroke: Orlando Bloom, Keanu Reeves, Vin Diesel.
Chris Klein
ReplyDeleteI doubt Chris Klein ever had "millions of dollars" to blow on drugs and women. Maybe hundreds of dollars.
ReplyDeleteI like that spacecowboy kinda likes my guess. The OG commenters were saying he was one of the best at the blinds back the other day when his reader pic appeared.
ReplyDeleteWord. Spacecowboy is the Stephen Hawking of blind items. Trying not to get attached in case he leaves us.
DeleteChris Tucker.
ReplyDeleteChris Tucker went all churchy & didn't want to curse anymore after the Rush Hour movies. His roles dried up because of that.
DeleteHi Bunni, I've never seen anything about that on the web but have seen plenty of links about his gambling and drug taking. I found a link today that talks about him in Silver Linings Playbook
DeleteAnd how he is excited to be reading scripts again because he likes reconnecting with his audience and did so during stand up tours after losing his money. (Sorry hit publish too soon). He also fits perfectly with the ratings. He was the highest paid actor in Hollywood for a bit and did other work but is really known for the Rush Hour movies.
DeleteI was thinking Chris tucker or...
ReplyDeleteMartin Lawrence
@rolo +1 on Martin Lawrence
DeleteI think I'll tentatively jump on board the Brenad Fraser train - "monstrous" could allude to Gods and Monsters (UHMAZING movie btw). I'm thrown by "his franchise, which is all he really did," though. He's done plenty of movies.
ReplyDeleteChris Tucker is also a great guess (Rush Hour being the franchise).
Kevin Sorbo had allthose heart attacks (Hercules)
ReplyDeleteI just saw him recently. No stroke issues; looked and talked like any normal healthy man his age. Hilarious too.
DeleteThe only young actor I can think of who had a few strokes is Frankie Muniz but I can't get him to fit in this blind. I have no other guess.
ReplyDeleteKeanu's speech may be questionable, but that's not due to a stroke, it's due to, liiiike, L.A......ddduuude. Plus, he had done plenty movies and he rides a motorcycle.
ReplyDeleteMac??? Nooooo. I hope not. I love him so.
Vin? I'll remain quiet. My mom said I should in this case.
Chris Tucker for sure has not done much else really other than the Rush Hour movies, but the blind says A list and A+ list if you include the franchise. If you take away Rush Hour from Chris Tucker, the rest of his credits don't add up to an A list actor.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be a great reveal.
ReplyDeleteUnless its Keanu Reeves.
Then it would suck.
They mention the actor is still really young so I doubt Reeves or Keaton fit
ReplyDeleteStallone? He came back and did the movie with DeNiro and Kevin Hart.
ReplyDeleteI have to words Shia Lebouf...kind of fits...he's A list in my eyes...I hope I get this one because no one else guessed Shia...
ReplyDeleteBrendan Fraser did a lot of movies aside from his franchise. Otoh, he looks STRANGE now.
ReplyDeletemy immediate thought of one had a memorable "Comeback" imo is
ReplyDeleteJean-Claude Van Damme in VOLVO(?) Commercial!!! my word,what er...'flexibility'..nice visual & he didn't need to say a word or a mumble.
Some of you have reading comprehension issues, the blind clearly says while he had a stroke no one was told that, they were told he just stopped acting.
ReplyDeleteWell it's not like we haven't tried crossing off the unnessary words from our computer screens with our crayons
DeleteThis seems like it fits Brendan Fraser and the Mummy franchise to a T.
ReplyDeleteI think people are taking the "nothing besides the franchise" part too literally. (Esp since he says A list/A+ w/ franchise... implying he did *something* other than the franchise literally-speaking.) If you look at BF's credits between the two mummies, there is virtually nothing other than voice work and video games (the latter of which might not even have required him to record new material). Enty exaggerates all the time; BF did a couple of other random projects. Only Gs & Ms throws me at all... and the timing on that could fit.
ReplyDeleteThey say heavy coke use in yer 20s leads to an increased chance of early strokes (40s).
ReplyDeleteI think 10th Doctor got it with Chris Tucker. Nice!
ReplyDeleteBut poor Chris Tucker.
Oh and if you go to youtube and search 'Brendan Fraser Golden Globes Retard Clap' you can watch what appears to be a stroke of some sort.
ReplyDelete@spacecowboy HA! i think "young" here means not knocking on hell's door. i like the chris tucker guess, but his new girl aint that new. i think this is fraser
ReplyDeleteVoice work is not that easy if you had a stroke that affected your speech - there is a degree of timing there I would think...
ReplyDeleteLike the Chris Tucker guess. I was actually thinking about him earlier, but I didn't think he was an A list, so I didn't consider it. Then I just read he was one of the highest paid actors in hollywood at one point. So....I guess he was an A. I only really remember him in the Rush Hour movies. It's got to be him.
ReplyDeleteWas Josh Hartnett ever in a franchise? He kinda disappeared.
ReplyDeleteI suppose Sin City has a sequel, but that's not really a franchise.
Never mind, go about yer bidness.
Even after all of shia's shenanigans I still find him really cute. The main problem is everything he does is blown out of proportion.
ReplyDeleteI'm with SueRH...McCauley Culkin. Has been a mess for years and looks ill. Home Alone is a franchise.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how this fits into the Fraser guess, but he recently went to court to have his child support lowered. He said he fell off the roof while clearing a branch and injured his back. He claims it has effected his ability to get into shape and do the type of movies he once did.
ReplyDeleteNot Brendan Fraser. He went out with the daughter of a friend of mine for a while. No strokes.
ReplyDeleteWas the daughter of your friend a gay man? That's who Brendan Fraser dates although he marries a beard occasionally.
ReplyDeleteI always heard that Tucker couldn't read, that is why he didn't do much.
ReplyDeleteFriday > Rush Hour.
I LOVE Friday! Fri-Day!
DeleteNope. She was a real girl.
ReplyDeleteOf course that's not to say she wasn't a beard…maybe she was, but he didn't have a stroke, and therefore not two.
ReplyDeleteI am totally on board with the Macauley Culkin guess, he looks the part to a tee, and home alone was his huge franchise and pretty much all he ever did. Plus he is still young-ish
ReplyDeleteit's not Keanu Reeves. he's down here in n.o. doing a movie and looking very good i'm told. (as of last Sat. anyway).
ReplyDelete@Malibu Borebee!!!
ReplyDeleteThat just made my sleeping dogs freak. . Thanks! !??
DeleteI think, sadly that it's Macauley.
ReplyDeleteLeonardo DiCaprio
ReplyDeleteI know he was in only one of them but what about Edward furlong?
ReplyDeleteThey did do in the past few years both a Home Alone 4 and Home Alone 5, I don't know if they tried to get Macaulay Culkin but the timing is pretty much right -- they might have given him a big advance to make an appearance, he might have tried to clean up his act, it certainly was during the years after he resurfaced
ReplyDeleteMartin Lawrence. He had a stroke in 1999 and there's eight years between the first and second bad boys movies.
ReplyDeleteFrankie Muniz is a great guess! @Noel
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't this Macauley? He's still young, would be A+ list for his franchise of Home Alone movies, and clearly has had some kind of medical issue that has reduced him to skin and bones.
ReplyDeleteThat Martin Lawrence guess seems right Quiet Storm.
ReplyDeleteBefore your post I was leaning to Culkin.
Going with Chris Tucker.
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ReplyDeleteActually, yeah, this is Mac. It never even occurred to me, but even in his terrific comeback role in 'Saved', he is wheelchair-bound. Regardless, I love him. Glad the blind ends on a happier note.
ReplyDelete@Alabama You just saw who? Tucker?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Martin Lawrence but the dude is 49. It's hard to think of 49 as 'still young'.
So if it's anyone that's been mentioned so far by default it's gotta be McCaulkin.
This is not Mac. He was 12 when HA2 was released. Never signed to or paid for the other ones, they wanted him for the 3rd film but he was kinda busy divorcing his parents at the time. He quit acting at 14 because of his Dadager From Hell then spent years in and out of family court. What judge would grant emancipation to a 16 y/o who suffered a drug-related stroke?
ReplyDeleteThe above is not to suggest Mac hasn't done drugs, he was arrested for drug possession at some point. But he doesn't fit the timing:
ReplyDelete12: Home Alone 2 is released
14: Mac quit acting
16: Mac is emanipated
17: HA3 is released (just for reference, he had no involvement)
Per the BI, the actor blew millions on drugs, had a stroke, then quit acting. Mac had no control over his finances until he was 16, at which point he'd already been retired. His parent's divorce was horrible, he was just an atm to his dad and that's why he walked away.
Lawrence.
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