When it comes to Elisha Cuthbert, her beauty and charisma are something undeniable. Moreover, Elisha quickly rose to fame, captivating audiences with her breakout role as Danielle in the comedy “The Girl Next Door”. So, it was why the Canadian actress and model was expected to be a prominent star who’d be rubbing shoulders with Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson.
However, she couldn’t sustain her fame for too long and plenty of fans fell out of love with her too soon. The beauty was predicted to be a superstar but for some reason, her career started rolling downhill. In the end, Hollywood dropped her forever.
If you’re curious about the reason, scroll down to find out.
#1. Her acting skills were a sore spot
Elisha Cuthbert started her career when she was a 14-year-old girl. Despite her breakout role in “The Girl Next Door”, she didn’t get more chances to show off her skills. Her performance received mixed reviews from the fans. The actress couldn’t find the proper way to save her career from failing terribly. Many movies she starred in were poorly marked by the critics.
#2. She cared much about her looks
In the part, everyone seemed to be captivated by her look in “The Girl Next Door”, especially her image in the stunning pool scene. Elisha had become synonymous with “perfection” however, the “perfection” gradually ruined her future. Instead of being a high-profile actress, she got stuck in her image of the attractive girl next door. People realize that her career has always been revolving around her looks.
#3. She struggled to earn praise from the critics
Her performance in Captivity was a low blow to her acting career. The movie miserably failed, getting an insanely low rating. After the failure, she continued to star in Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017), which eventually won an award at the Canadian Comedy Awards.
It was thought that she finally found a way out of your downhill career but any hopes of a grand return were practically squashed. In 2016, she was cast in the movie The Ranch but it couldn’t help her land better roles anyway.
#4. She should’ve been a model
Despite her dream of being an actress, she used to model children’s clothing. Later, she appeared in the horror-themed series “Are You Afraid of The Dark.” For good reviews, she became a regular on the show. And from the look of things, Elisha Cuthbert couldn’t live up to Hollywood’s expectations so it quickly removed her from its A-list.
In 2013, Maxim Magazine referred to her as “The Most Beautiful Woman On TV”, and that’s one hell of a recognition. Apparently, she didn’t chase her ambition to become a runway model, and it almost sounds like a pretty silly mistake.
#5. The quiet and captivity led to negative reviews
The actress had acted in Lucky Girl which actually resulted in her first Gemini Awards. She should’ve done something to win this award but she couldn’t remember what this thing is.
#6. Elisha was too flirtatious with the camera
We don’t really hate her approach to creating her characters but flirting with the camera isn’t an effective way. She was judged to act totally unprofessional. Elisha Cuthbert hasn’t really thrown shade at anyone, but she, too, couldn’t remain an A-lister. Despite being one of the most charming actresses in the early 00s, she was named on the A-list.
#7. She believes that the TV industry is quite a strange place
In an interview, she shared her thoughts about how TV audiences have changed, “It’s interesting where TV is now. Something has to change, there’s got to be some sort of shift. It’s similar to what music went through, where there was this weird, bizarre fighting against old vs. new—a transitional thing where we went from buying CDs to purchasing everything online.”
She explained that the TV platform is a pretty bizarre, unpredictable market. She said, “We don’t know how to gauge who’s watching what and when. With the Internet we’re so accessible to all these shows, people are not watching the same way they used to.”
#8. Her ex was a toxic experience for her
Elisha Cuthbert dated the former Dallas Stars center, Sean Avery, and their romance had a few dark stages. Her ex-boyfriend publicly referred to her as “sloppy”. Eventually, his comment was considered an ugly way to treat a girl and he got serious trouble from the National Hockey League.
Elisha says, “I think the way the NHL handled it was impressive, and I was thankful,… He was just another person who was in my life under false pretenses. He wanted the attention of dating an actress. But I don’t regret my past relationships. It’s more like, ‘Why was I not thinking right?’ I always want to please everybody; a lot of entertainers are like that. The trick is knowing when you’re compromising [too much].”
#9. Elisha was Paris Hilton’s Party Girl
Like Paris Hilton, Elisha loves partying until the wee hours of the night. It was not surprising that she became one of Paris’s favorite party girls which really might’ve affected negatively her career.