Kelly Clarkson, From Justin to Kelly
American Idol's first winner said she cried when she realized she could not get out of filming the musical film."I knew when I read the script it was going to be real, real bad, but when I won, I signed that piece of paper, and I could not get out of it," she told Time.
Matt Damon, The Bourne Ultimatum
Damon told GQ that the third film in the Bourne franchise had a terrible script the first time around. "I don't blame Tony [Gilroy] for taking a boatload of money and handing in what he handed in. It's just that it was unreadable. This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It's terrible. It's really embarrassing. He was having a go, basically, and he took his money and left."
Ben Affleck, Daredevil
Yep, Ben is on this list twice because he's had two stinkers to apologize for. Even though he fell in love with Jennifer Garner, the future wife and mother of his children, when he played the superhero, he told Playboy that it was only movie he regretted. "It just kills me," he said about Daredevil. "I love that story, that character, and the fact that it got f--ked up the way it did stays with me. Maybe that's part of the motivation to do Batman."
Alec Baldwin, Rock of Ages
The 30 Rock alum said during the American Magazine Media Conference that the 2012 adaptation of the Broadway musical was a "complete disaster" and that he only signed on to work with director Adam Shankman.
But, he added, "A week in you go, 'Oh God, what have I done?'" He even begged the studio to replace him weeks before filming was supposed to begin.
Jim Carrey, Kick-Ass 2
The comedian slammed the superhero sequel for onscreen violence and refused to do any promotion for the film. "I did Kick-Ass 2 a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," he wrote on his Twitter. "My apologies to others involve[d] with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart."
Tom Hardy, This Means War
The actor told USA Today that his experience on the film was so bad that he will never make another romantic comedy again. "I didn't understand how you could do something which is so much fun and be so miserable doing it," he said.
George Clooney, Batman & Robin
Clooney admitted he jumped at the chance to star in the Joel Schumacher superhero flick because he wanted to play Batman.
"It was a difficult film to be good in. With hindsight it's easy to look back at this and go 'Whoa, that was really s--t and I was really bad in it,'" he told Games Radar. "Batman is still the biggest break I ever had and it completely changed my career, even if it was weak and I was weak in it."
Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up
The Grey's Anatomy alum famously slammed the movie that launched her film career in an interview with Vanity Fair in 2008. "[It was] a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys," she complained. "It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I'm playing such a bitch; why is she being such a killjoy? Why is this how you're portraying women? Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie."
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter
The Harry Potter films made Radcliffe a household name, but the actor hated his work in certain films in the franchise, specifically Half-Blood Prince.
"I'm just not very good in it," he told the Daily Mail. "I hate it."
Matthew Goode, Leap Year
The actor wasn't afraid to admit the real reason why he took the role opposite Amy Adams in the rom-com. "The main reason I took it...so that I could come home at the weekends," he told WENN. "It wasn't because of the script, trust me. Do I feel I let myself down? No. Was it a bad job? Yes, it was. But, you know, I had a nice time and I got paid."