We've been somewhat in love with Jared Leto for, what, 20 years now? We stood by him as Jordan Catalano's baby-blue eyes struggled to make sense of letters on a page. We wept as he saluted his mom in his touching Oscars speech. We put up with the bad haircuts. Then we saw him decked out as Suicide Squad 's Joker, and freaked the fuck out.
Thanks to some hair dye, bleached brows, coloured contact lenses and razor-sharp rotted teeth, our long-standing crush on Leto is currently on ice. Once the stuff of daydreams, he's now got a starring role in our nightmares. C'est la vie.
It's not the first time an actor's dramatic makeover or ghoulish role has forced us to snap out of a celebrity crush — which is not to say we don't still admire these stars. It's just sometimes hard to get all gushy about your favourite Hollywood dreamboat when he's playing a maniacal killer or a slave-owner.
Behold, 29 roles that nipped our fantasies in the bud.
Tom Cruise, Magnolia (1999)
Before Leah Remini's book, we had Tom's turn as a misogynistic self-help guru to make us feel uncomfortable.
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Christian Bale, American Psycho (2000)
Would we kick Christian Bale out of bed? Probably not. We would, however, fully expect him to have a chainsaw on him.
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Keanu Reeves, The Gift (2000)
An abusive redneck on trial for murder? No thanks.
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Ben Affleck, Gigli (2003)
The Jersey Girl/Gigli/Daredevil era was a dark time for Affleck admirers.
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Colin Farrell, Daredevil (2003)
We don't mind a bald dude. We do mind a bald dude with a bullseye etched into his forehead.
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Matt Dillon, Crash (2004)
If his sleazy turn in There's Something About Mary didn't do you in, Dillon's role as a racist and abusive cop surely did. And another heartthrob bites the dust.
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Adrien Brody, The Village (2004)
Are we the only ones convinced a winged and masked Brody will attack us during our next walk in the woods?
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Matt Damon, The Departed (2006)
We sob into our cranberry juice every time we think about dirty Damon's betrayal.
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Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (2007)
There goes our fake Spanish boyfriend. While Bardem undoubtedly deserved his Oscar for this villainous performance, the wig, the menacing "friendo," and the fact that we still imagine him lurking outside our door have made him more frightening than foxy.
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Josh Brolin, Milk (2008)
Brolin was a total babe right up until he played a homophobic killer. If it's any consolation, the role earned him an Oscar nomination.
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Katherine Heigl & Gerard Butler, The Ugly Truth (2009)
Consider this one a double whammy. This rom-com was so bad, so insulting, and so devoid of anything that would make you ever want to be in a relationship that both stars were knocked down a few pegs.
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Ryan Gosling, All Good Things (2010)
This, friends, is Ryan Gosling playing a geriatric killer, inspired by real-life murder suspect Robert Durst, disguised as a woman.
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Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Amy Schumer's Trainwreck character may still find Depp's Willy Wonka/Mad Hatter roles of late sexy as hell, but we kind of miss the brooding, pouty-lipped babe of the '90s.
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Jennifer Aniston, Horrible Bosses (2011)
Sequel, schmequel. Seeing Aniston play a sleazy dentist who constantly sexually harasses Charlie Day was a serious low point.
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Antonio Banderas, The Skin I Live In (2011)
If you want to keep your Banderas fantasies intact, DO NOT watch this highly, highly disturbing thriller.
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John Krasinski, Promised Land (2012)
Jim Halpert as a scheming evildoer? Unacceptable.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained (2012)
Not even beautiful Leo can make us soft on a racist slave-owner.
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James Franco, Spring Breakers (2012)
We can put up with a lot of James Franco-issue eccentricity, but we draw the line at cornrows.
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Anthony Mackie, Pain & Gain (2013)
The actor made a rare comedic turn in this Mark Wahlberg flick, and now we can only picture him getting juiced up on steroids and working through impotence issues. Kind of a buzzkill.
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Halle Berry, Movie 43 (2013)
Memo to Halle: Having an Oscar means not having to film scenes in which you dip a prosthetic boob in guacamole and inject hot sauce into your vagina.
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Cameron Diaz, The Counselor (2013)
We love Cameron D., but her streak of playing truly awful baddies in pretty bad films ( The Counselor 's Malkina, Annie 's Miss Hannigan) is leaving us cold.
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Bradley Cooper, American Hustle (2013)
Call it. That perm roller scene officially killed any trace of a Cooper crush.
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Sarah Paulson, 12 Years a Slave (2013)
We will never forgive Paulson for being so horrid to poor Patsey.
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Dan Stevens, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Please tell us Matthew Crawley didn't die so that Dan Stevens could goof around with a floppy melting nose in kids' movies.
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler (2014)
A great performance from Gyllenhaal, but still creepy as hell. Especially the sex blackmail bit.
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Ryan Reynolds , The Voices (2014)
It would be just our luck to finally score a date with Ryan Reynolds, only to have him chop off our head and keep it stored in the fridge.
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Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending (2015)
We see your Magic Mike XXL and raise you this February flop. Not even Tatum can pull off elf ears and guyliner – a combo we hope we never see again.
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Nicholas Hoult, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Nothing like a pair of stitched-up lips to make us rethink our Nicholas Hoult make out fantasies.
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Jared Leto, Suicide Squad (2016)
Guys, what have you done with Jordan Catalano?
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