Saving Heigl's Career: From 'Knocked Up' to Nyquil Commercials

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 6:30pm

I have been fan of Katherine Heigl's since her Greys Anatomy days, and thought this was a pretty interesting read.

** What's soured many in the industry, according to several executives and producers who have worked with Heigl, is more than just the exceptionally difficult behavior and demands of Heigl and her manager mother, Nancy. There also is Heigl's habit of airing her grievances in public, including her 2008 denunciation of her first hit film, Knocked Up, as "sexist," as well as her announcement later that year that she would not seek an Emmy for her performance in ABC's Grey's Anatomy because the writing wasn't good enough.

Not even five short years ago, Heigl commanded $12 million for a movie. Her 2009 romantic comedy The Ugly Truth pulled in more than $200 million worldwide. But her most recent effort, The Big Wedding, topped out at $21.8 million domestic with a paltry 7 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. To be fair, that was something of an ensemble effort with a cast that included Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton. Her most recent film before that, One for the Money, managed only $37 million worldwide with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 2 percent. **


Can TV Save Heigl's Career? (Full Article Here)

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 10:21pm

She bit the hand that fed her one too many times.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 2:29pm

Oh, and that's not even celebrity commercial either. That's gotta sting.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 2:38pm

No wonder the poor thing has insomnia.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 2:45pm

"She bit the hand that fed her one too many times."

I agree, and I'll add, Who does she thinks she is, Bette Davis?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 3:56pm

She needs a bitch role.

[AirJewels]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:19pm

"I agree, and I'll add, Who does she thinks she is, Bette Davis?"

I just saw Me & Jezebel recently so this made me laugh out loud.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:29pm

Will no one offer this woman an ugly abuse survivor role?

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:32pm

Sure. How about a remake of The Elephant Man?

[Marianne2]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:42pm

She should star in a Lifetime movie with Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes. It would be a wonderful train wreck.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:45pm

She needs Lifetime more than Lifetime needs her.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:45pm

She'll need a lot more drugs and copious amounts of crazy before getting near Lohan or Bynes. She's just a bitch who put too much faith in a fluke series of RomCom successes.

Updated On: 9/12/13 at 04:45 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:50pm

"I'm just a bitch who put too much faith in a fluke series of RomCom successes, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love me." -- Katherine Heigl IS "Pretty Woman 2"!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:53pm

What happens when the fairy tale isn't what you thought it would be? Next summer, Academy Award watcher Katherine Heigl stars in PRETTY WOMAN 2: VIVIAN'S REVENGE.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:55pm

True. I just put it out there because we all know how wonderful Lindsay's movie was.

In my opinion, she already has played a bitch role. After season 2 of Grey's, Izzie just became unbearable and really annoying and rude. Well, I guess I should say season 2 with Denny turned her into that. That's what I think, anyway.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:55pm

Pretty Woman 3: Kit's Revenge. SH*T's going down at the Blue Banana.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 5:22pm

How about SHOWGIRLS 2: NOMI TAKES RENO!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 5:27pm

It would have to be Part 3 since SHOWGIRLS 2 is called PENNY'S FROM HEAVEN.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 5:37pm

Now I know. I've never seen it.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 6:23pm

That's fine. SHOWGIRLS deserves to be a trilogy.