Unlike some of the names we've listed so far, Charlize Theron can't claim that she walked into the part of Ashley Mercer in 'Reindeer Games' without an awareness of what was likely to happen. She'd read the script, and she didn't like it. She just felt like she couldn't turn down the chance to work with director John Frankenheimer, because he'd been the man in the chair for 'The Manchurian Candidate' - which happens to be Theron's all-time favorite movie.
Like Jamie Foxx, Theron allowed a respectable amount of time to pass between making the film, and publicly slating it. When she did open up about her experience, she didn't mince her words. Here's a direct quote: "That was a bad, bad, bad movie." She still doesn't regret it, though; she got to work with her favorite director, and that's all that matters to her.