Does Being Typecast Hurt Your Career? Ask These Actors

Goofball Man Child

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Adam Sandler was the comedian of the ’90s. But as we got into the early 2000s, watching Sandler play the same annoying, immature character wasn’t quite as funny anymore. Now into the 2010s, the goofy man-child act lost its spark.

Desperate to prove his range, Sandler took a tremendous drop in pay when he signed on for roles in Reign Over Me and Punch-Drunk Love. But he soon returned to his comedic roots, in the same type of role he has played over and over again. The fact that he usually has a gorgeous leading lady in his films has probably helped keep his career afloat.