4. Laurel Canyon
When Laurel Canyon was first released in 2002, many of its stars hadn’t yet reached the peak in their careers. While Kate Beckinsale had been in a number of hit films, including Pearl Harbor and Brokedown Palace, she hadn’t yet embarked on the hugely successful Underworld film series. Christian Bale who played Beckinsale’s fiancé, Sam, was also a bit of an unknown since the majority of mainstream audiences only knew him from his 2000 hit film, American Psycho. The combination of these up and coming actors still on the rise and the lackluster storyline in Laurel Canyon could account for its failure at the box office. While the film is pretty much unknown to the general public, those that have seen it can’t help but remember the pool scene involving Beckinsale and Frances McDormand. Alessandro Nivola, who played McDormand’s boyfriend, helped to facilitate this naked make-out pool session so he pretty much looks like “the man.” Yet, that didn’t seem to help to further his career, and it didn’t help to boost numbers at the box office either.
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