Trending badgeTrendingPosted 54 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownPeople Are Sharing The Celebs Hollywood Tried And Failed To Make A-Listers"There was a push to make Justin Long the next comedy lead. He's fine as a side character but not fit for leading roles."by Kristen HarrisBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink When you think "A-lister," actors like Meryl Streep, Zendaya, and Denzel Washington come to mind. However, for every A-list celeb, there are a dozen more who tried to make it but never quite reached the top. Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Recently, redditor u/phantom_avenger asked, "What celebrity did Hollywood try to make the 'leading A-lister,' but failed?" Here are 50 of the top responses: 1. "Nickelodeon tried to turn Victoria Justice into the next big star. However, her music and acting career flopped while her Victorious costar Ariana Grande's career took off." Amy Sussman / Getty Images for The Business of Fashion -Jakeymdog "I ended up watching an hour-long deep dive about this and man, it's sad. The girl just wanted to act and sing, but the industry did what the industry does and ruined her chances instead. After Nickelodeon promised to do everything for her career, they pushed her to the side for Ariana after she started getting more popularity, leaving her in limbo for a long time. Once the BS feud rumours started, Victoria's career was basically over before it began. It's a shame. She's always seemed really genuine and obviously has talent." River Callaway / Billboard via Getty Images -whyaregeeselikethat 2. "Cara Delevingne. She was in multiple movies throughout the second half of the 2010s, but I don't think she caught on." Araya Doheny / Getty Images -PineDude128 "She's a nepo baby. Her godfather, Nicholas Coleridge, was pretty high up in Condé Nast, the company that owns Vogue, GQ, the New Yorker, etc." Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images -BaddestKarmaToday 3. "They handed Gina Carano stardom on a silver platter, and she shat on it." Ethan Miller / FilmMagic / Via Getty -Dopingponging 4. "Sydney Sweeney is an amplified version of this. Lots of it girls/guys headline a few films over a handful of years, and it doesn't stick." Rodin Eckenroth / WireImage / Via Getty -Silly_Somewhere1791 5. "I do not understand how Dakota Johnson keeps getting roles. I get she is the daughter of famous people, so I see why she got her start. But by now, people should have realized she is a terrible actor. Any project she's in that doesn't flop, it's in spite of her, not because of her." Emma McIntyre / Getty Images -sergiossa "This is the one for me. She actually seems to have negative charisma and takes away chemistry from the screen. I've never been so disinterested in an actor before." Gabriel Kuchta / Getty Images -WeeBabySeamus 6. "Chris Pratt. He's one of those people you like more the less you know about him. As he got more famous, we all just kept finding out lousier things about him, and now... I feel like I just heard him defending RFK Jr." Jamie McCarthy / WireImage / Via Getty -very-dumb 7. "I didn't think you could ever outshine C. Thomas Howell, who was going to be the huge star after The Outsiders movie. You might have heard of the other minor actors who starred in the film - Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Tom Cruise." (C)Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection -phead 8. "Noah Centineo. It failed miserably, and I thought it was funny." Alexander Tamargo / Getty Images -metal_elk 9. "Katherine Heigl. They tried to cram her into things she did not belong in. Case in point: One for the Money. Great books, but her character was an East Coast brunette Italian. WTF?" Kevin Mazur / Getty Images -la_mano_poderosa 10. "Gal Gadot for me. She's attractive but cannot act to save her life. I am also scratching my head that Disney cast her as the Evil Queen in the Snow White remake. Like, this is the person who's supposed to be jealous of Snow White's beauty? Really?" Craig T Fruchtman / Getty Images -JackintheBoxman 11. "Sam Claflin was in a lot of stuff for a second around the Hunger Games era. He's talented and attractive, and he's still in stuff, but he really should be a bigger name." Dominique Charriau / WireImage / Via Getty -Ok_Chain3171 12. "Kit Harington and really a lot of the Game of Thrones cast." John Nacion / Variety via Getty Images -Kogyochi 13. "Emilia Clarke, in particular, joined a lot of big franchises (Marvel, Star Wars, Terminator, etc.), yet all of those projects were flops!" BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP via Getty Images -phantom_avenger "Emilia Clarke would have been better off doing more rom-coms. She seems well-suited for those roles. I wonder if it's just that she doesn't really need the money and likes running around with guns. If she wants to have a career in acting and a good body of work, then I think she's made poor choices. If she just wants to have an easy life, then she's probably made good choices." Jacopo Rau