8 Iconic Roles A-Listers Completely Regret

Becoming a top actor who gets invited to star in high-profile projects and is offered multimillion-dollar contracts is not easy. Sometimes to achieve stardom, one needs to go through dozens of roles, do some free work, or play a role they don’t like. The actors listed below are loved and respected for their iconic roles, but they hate even being reminded of them.

Here are eight iconic roles A-listers completely regret.

1 Harrison Ford — Han Solo, Star Wars

You may have heard this one a couple of times. Apparently, Ford wasn’t even aiming for the role of the loveable space outlaw. George Lucas saw him read the lines with some other actor, and loved his spunk and charisma. Long story short, Ford got to play Han Solo, but he hated the character, considering him to be “dumb as a stump.” Ford constantly pleaded with Lucas to write off Solo in the sequels, but we know that didn’t happen.

2 Charlize Theron — Ashley, “Reindeer Games”

Charlize Theron has only one short answer to the question about her worst film role, saying that Reindeer Games was a very bad movie and that she’s just terrible in it. Although it was scolded by critics, the film gained a cult following among US teenagers in the early 2000s. That’s largely thanks to Charlize Theron playing femme fatale.

3 Arnold Schwarzenegger — Kalidor, “Red Sonja”

The action-adventure dark fantasy movie starring Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger was released in 1985 following the success of the Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer dilogy. “Red Sonja” failed at the box office, receiving negative reviews from critics, and even a Golden Raspberry, but over time it became a true 80s classic. According to Schwarzenegger, this is his worst role, and he used this movie to punish his kids by making them watch it 10 times in a row.