Does Being Typecast Hurt Your Career? Ask These Actors

The Bubbly Blonde Bombshell

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Cameron Diaz was once one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood. She was constantly cast as the cool yet quirky girl-next-door who everybody fell in love with, like in My Best Friend’s Wedding and There’s Something About Mary.

But at 45, playing the ditzy blonde in a romantic comedy has gotten old, even for Diaz herself. She now claims that she’s retired from acting. This may be due to the fact that she’d been attempting to break out of her typecast, with films like Annie and The Counselor, but audiences just weren’t buying it.