25 Actors Who Roasted Their Own Movies
25. Natalie Portman - ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Even Oscar winner Natalie Portman couldn’t act her way through Marvel’s snooziest sequel. Thor: The Dark World is widely called the weakest MCU movie, and Portman herself has roasted it by admitting she was totally checked out. You can see it all over her performance. Jane Foster goes from genius astrophysicist to damsel wallpaper while the movie drags through a villain nobody even remembers.
24. Zac Efron - ‘High School Musical’
Zac Efron may have become a teen heartthrob thanks to High School Musical, but he hasn’t exactly looked back fondly on it. He’s roasted the franchise by admitting he cringes whenever he sees himself singing We’re All in This Together. At one point, he even confessed he wished he could go back and not do the role at all. Fans were initially shocked, but it made sense—Efron just wanted to prove he was more than a Disney Channel kid.
23. Daniel Radcliffe - ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
Daniel Radcliffe may have been the face of one of the biggest movie franchises in history, but that doesn’t mean he’s blind to his own awkward teenage acting. Looking back, he’s roasted his performance in Half-Blood Prince, calling it “one-note” and admitting he cringes at how stiff he was in certain scenes.
22. Viola Davis - ‘The Help’
The Help may have earned Viola Davis her first Oscar nomination, but she’s not exactly bragging about it now. In fact, she’s roasted the movie for all the reasons fans side-eyed it, too. Davis has said she felt the story focused way more on making white audiences feel good than on actually telling the raw truth of the Black maids’ lives. She even admitted it left her feeling like she’d “betrayed” herself and her community.
21. Ryan Reynolds - ‘Green Lantern’
Ryan Reynolds has turned Green Lantern into the punchline of his career, and honestly, it’s brilliant. The movie was supposed to be a big superhero run for him, but instead, it gave us awkward CGI, a bland story, and a glowing green suit that looked like it belonged in a video game.
20. Matt Damon - ‘The Great Wall’
Matt Damon fighting on China’s Great Wall is as bizarre as it sounds. Damon himself has laughed about it, calling it one of his biggest “what was I thinking?” moments. Fans tore it apart for the bad wig, the awkward action, and a plot that looked like it was stitched together in five minutes. Damon roasting it later turned the flop into a joke. Instead of pretending it was misunderstood, he just owned up to the fact that it was a giant misstep.
19. Josh Brolin - ‘Jonah Hex’
Josh Brolin is now known for roles like Thanos and Cable, but rewind to 2010 and you’ll find him stuck in the messy flop Jonah Hex. Brolin has since roasted the movie, calling it a “frustrating” experience and admitting it never came together. Fans who saw it know why; the story was all over the place, the tone was confusing, and it just wasn’t fun to watch.
18. Nicole Kidman - ‘Australia’
Nicole Kidman might be one of the most compelling actors, but she couldn’t save Baz Luhrmann’s epic misfire, Australia. The film was supposed to be a sweeping romance with Hugh Jackman and a war drama, but instead, it dragged on forever and left audiences yawning. Kidman has roasted it herself, admitting she couldn’t even sit through her own performance. She confessed she turned to her husband, Keith Urban, at the premiere and asked, “Am I any good in this movie?” Ouch.
17. Shia LaBeouf - ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’
Shia LaBeouf stirred up major buzz when he openly trashed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He admitted, “We dropped the ball,” and called out the overuse of CGI that left fans disappointed. And who can forget that infamous “nuke the fridge” moment? While many actors keep quiet to avoid rocking the boat, Shia said exactly what the audience was thinking.
16. Mark Wahlberg - ‘The Happening’
Mark Wahlberg doesn’t try to defend The Happening; he roasts it right alongside the rest of us. The movie, about plants making people kill themselves, was pitched as a horror-thriller but played out like an accidental comedy. Wahlberg has been candid in interviews, calling it “terrible” and admitting the script just didn’t work. He’s even poked fun at how awkward his performance was, especially in scenes where he had to look terrified of trees.
15. Anne Hathaway - ‘The Witches’
Anne Hathaway went all-in as the Grand High Witch in The Witches, complete with over-the-top cackles and glamour. But instead of applause, she got backlash and she roasted herself for it. The problem was that her witch’s creepy look included limb differences, which many felt mocked real disabilities. Hathaway didn’t dodge the criticism. Instead, she owned it, apologizing to fans and especially kids, saying she never connected the design to limb difference but now knew better.
14. Kirsten Dunst - ‘Spider-Man 3’
If you thought Tobey Maguire’s infamous emo-dance scene was bad, Kirsten Dunst agrees with you. She’s roasted Spider-Man 3 for being stuffed to the brim with villains, subplots, and cringe moments that killed the fun of the franchise. Fans expected a big finale, but instead they got a bloated mess with Sandman, Venom, and Harry Osborn all fighting for attention.
13. Sylvester Stallone - ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’
Sylvester Stallone has fought in the ring, battled in war zones, and taken on the toughest action roles of all time. But his toughest fight was defending Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot—and even he admits it’s impossible. Stallone has roasted the film mercilessly, calling it “maybe the worst movie in the entire solar system.”
12. Jamie Lee Curtis - ‘Halloween: Resurrection’
Jamie Lee Curtis has been the scream queen for decades, but even she couldn’t save Halloween: Resurrection. She’s roasted the movie for years, calling it silly and admitting she only did it to fulfill her contract. The film kills off her character, Laurie Strode, in the first 15 minutes and then shifts into a bizarre reality-TV-style plot with Busta Rhymes doing kung fu against Michael Myers. Even die-hard fans were clueless.
11. Michael Caine - ‘Jaws: The Revenge’
Michael Caine delivered one of the funniest self-roasts in Hollywood history. When asked about Jaws: The Revenge, he said, “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house it has built, and it’s terrific.” Caine knew exactly what kind of movie it was—a cheap sequel with a rubbery shark and a nonsensical plot. Instead of defending it, he roasted it in the most charming way possible.
10. Charlize Theron - ‘Æon Flux’
Charlize Theron doesn’t look back at Æon Flux with much fondness. She’s admitted that the movie “wasn’t the film we set out to make,” which is a polite way of saying it was a mess. The original idea had potential—a cool, stylish sci-fi with a strong female lead. But thanks to endless rewrites, a clunky script, and heavy studio meddling, the final product ended up hollow and forgettable.
9. Megan Fox - ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’
Nobody roasts Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen harder than Megan Fox. She was calling the whole thing out for what it was—a nonstop explosion fest with no story. And she wasn’t wrong. The movie felt like two hours of robots smashing into each other while humans screamed in the background. Fox compared working on it to being in the military: loud, chaotic, and not exactly fun.
8. Channing Tatum - ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’
Channing Tatum didn’t mince words when he finally opened up about G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. He flat-out said, “I hate that movie.” The reason? He got stuck in it thanks to a contract he signed before he had any real clout in Hollywood. Tatum admitted he didn’t like the script, didn’t connect to the character, and didn’t want to do it at all—but he didn’t have a choice. Fans who watched him in the lifeless action flick weren’t surprised when he roasted it years later.
7. Sandra Bullock - ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control’
Sandra Bullock has laughed about how Speed 2 was basically doomed from the start. The first movie had the perfect setup: a bus that couldn’t slow down. The sequel, however, came up with a giant cruise ship that moved more slowly than a shopping cart. Bullock has openly roasted the film, saying she knew it was a bad idea but signed on anyway.
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger - ‘Red Sonja’
Arnold Schwarzenegger has plenty of action classics under his belt, but Red Sonja definitely isn’t one of them. He’s admitted it’s so bad that he once used it as punishment for his kids. Seriously, he said if they misbehaved, he’d make them watch Red Sonja as a consequence. That’s about as savage a roast as you can give your own movie.
5. Alec Guinness - ‘Star Wars’
While millions of fans were falling in love with Star Wars, Alec Guinness—the man who played Obi-Wan Kenobi—was rolling his eyes. He once called the movie “rubbish” and admitted he found the dialogue nearly impossible to say with a straight face. He roasted the script and complained about the endless fan attention. Imagine calling one of the most beloved films of all time “nonsense”!
4. Ben Affleck - ‘Daredevil’
Ben Affleck is the first to tell you that Daredevil wasn’t his finest hour. He’s openly admitted it’s the one movie he truly regrets. For a character he loved in the comics, the end result was a letdown—dark, uneven, and packed with cringey early-2000s “edginess.” Fans didn’t buy into it either, and the film quickly fizzled out. Affleck hasn’t roasted it with humor the way Ryan Reynolds did, but his blunt honesty hits even harder.
3. George Clooney - ‘Batman & Robin’
George Clooney might be one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but he’s the first to admit he stumbled badly in Batman & Robin. He jokes that he “killed Batman” and has even apologized to fans more than once for the disaster. The truth is, the whole thing looked more like a toy commercial than a superhero movie.
2. Halle Berry - ‘Catwoman’
Not every actor has the guts to show up at the Razzies, but Halle Berry did exactly that...with an Oscar in one hand and a Razzie in the other. She stood on stage and called Catwoman “godawful,” thanking the studio for giving her such a disaster to star in. The movie promised a fierce female superhero moment but instead delivered a skimpy outfit, a silly plot, and a lot of cringe.
1. Robert Pattinson - ‘Twilight’
Robert Pattinson may have become a global star thanks to Twilight, but that didn’t stop him from roasting the saga every chance he got. He’s joked about Edward Cullen being creepy, poked fun at the “sparkling vampire” idea, and even admitted he struggled to remember some of the romantic lines. Fans noticed he often looked amused or detached in interviews, like he was in on the joke the whole time.
