No, Monica Potter wasn’t just another cash grab by Joanne Rowling. She’s much better than that, an actress for thirty years now who’s starred alongside such greats as the late Robin Williams to One True God Nicolas Cage while holding her own in the profession. Monica has been making her way through Hollywood all this time.
If anyone has a more polar opposite filmography in their debut year than Dominique Swain, please let me know because this one is WILD. With a rapid rise onto the acting scene after an early start to her career, Dominique took Hollywood by storm in the late 90s and is still making films today. Whether that’s a good thing isn’t for me to say.
Superman Lives and its varied production issues before being shut down are (and were) a movie unto themselves, but it just gets more and more insane the closer you look at it. There were so many different pieces of this film that were at odds with each other it’s a wonder it even got as far as it did.
Some movies just don’t hit on release. A lot of times it may be because it’s for a more niche audience, or even ahead of its time.
Chewing scenery isn’t something that just any actor can do. There have to be a million special elements that all come together from the writing to the actor, especially when it comes to budget.