James Remar

Project: Aliens

James Remar was initially cast to play Corporal Dwayne Hicks in the box-office hit Aliens. However, after only a week of filming, he was jobless. Years later, he admitted that he faced problems with addiction, which is why he was fired from the film. He was replaced by Michael Biehn. The James Cameron-directed film was released on July 18, 1986, and eventually earned a whopping $183 million in the worldwide box office. This is 10.8 times its budget of $17 million, according to The Numbers.

He might have lost this one, but he still landed a lot of acting credits in movies after this unfortunate incident. He went on to star in films like Rent-A-Cop and The Dream Team. Among his most recent films are Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019 and Dead Reckoning in 2020. Indeed, it’s never too late to change from one’s wicked ways.