What the Hell Happened to Liv Tyler?

In the mid-nineties, Liv Tyler was a rising star.  Se had become a critical darling in a string of independent movies and commercial success by starring in a major summer blockbuster.  By 1998, it seemed like Hollywood was hers for the taking.  Since then, Tyler has worked consistently and in some fairly high profile movies.  However, he starring roles are relatively rare.  The A-list career that seemed to be hers for the taking never materialized.

So, what the hell happened?

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Liv Tyler’s Parents, Steven Tyler and Bebe Buell

Tyler’s parents were Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler, and infamous rock groupie, Bebe Buell.  But Tyler didn’t know that until she was eleven years old.  Odds are you know all about Tyler’s famous father.  But you may not know much about her mother.  Buell began modeling at the age of 17.  She was  Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the November 1974 issue.  During this time, Buell dated a number of famous rock stars.  Director Cameron Crowe has named Buell as one of the real-life inspirations for Kate Hudson’s character in the movie, Almost Famous.

From 1972-1979, Buell had an on-again-off-again relationship with rock star Todd Rundgren.  During an off-spell in 1976, she started a brief fling with Steven Tyler.  After they split, Buell realized that she was pregnant with Tyler’s baby.  But since she was back together with Rundgren, she claimed the baby was his.  Rundgren figured the baby needed a father, so he played along.  When she was born, Tyler’s name was Liv Rundgren.

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Liv Tyler as an infant with her mother and Todd Rundgren

Buell and Rundgren split up not long after Tyler was born.  But Rundgren continued to support Tyler as though she was his own.  Her biological father was going through a nasty drug addiction at the time.  Rundgren paid for Tyler’s education in private school and visited her regularly even after the split.  Meanwhile, Buell left the world of modeling to try to start her own singing career.  In 1981, she recorded a four-song record with The Cars as her back-up group.  The supergroup, The Power Station, came together in an effort to back her up in 1984 when she was dating  John Taylor of Duran Duran fame.

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Liv Tyler and Bebe Buell

At the age of 8, Tyler met her biological father for the first time.  Steven Tyler showed up at one of Todd Rundgren’s concerts.  Buell introduced them, but did not explain their relationship. According to Liv, “I didn’t know what it was, but I started to see him more, and it would mean so much to me that I would write about it in my diary.”  In 1988, at the age of eleven, Tyler met her half sister, Mia Tyler, at an Aerosmith concert.  She recognized the shared family resemblance and asked her mother about it.  Buell confirmed the truth that Steven Tyler was in fact her biological father.  Tyler was initially confused by the truth.  But she developed a close relationship with Steven while maintaining her relationship with Rundgren:

I have more empathy for my parents now.  As a child I didn’t understand why that would happen – how that could happen.  Everybody had a different interpretation of the situation and how they participated. And you know what – I’m OK with that. All that matters is whatever kind of relationship I can have with them now.

I don’t think my dad was in any position to be a father. Steven, that is. ‘What an amazing thing Todd did for me…luckily, it just made me feel more loved. It meant that I had two dads instead of one.

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Liv Tyler and Paulina Porizkova

In 1991, at the age of 14, Tyler changed her name from Rudgren to Tyler after her biological father.  She kept Rudgren as a middle name.  This coincided with the beginning of Tyler’s modeling career.  Supermodel Paulina Porizkova took pictures of Tyler which were published in Interview Magazine.  If that seems random to you, remember that Porizkova married Cars frontman Ric Ocasek and that Tyler’s mom was close enough with the band that they played back-up for her during her recording career.

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Liv Tyler – Seventeen Magazine cover – 1992

The following year, Tyler graced the cover of Seventeen magazine.  She was actually 15 at the time.  Tyler said that being thrust into the spotlight was second nature to her: “It happened sort of naturally, since I’ve been around this all my life,”

Tyler’s modeling career lead to TV commercials.  But she quickly tired of modeling and decided to pursue acting.  In 1994, she made a splash starring opposite Alicia Silverstone in the video for the Aerosmith song, Crazy:

Crazy was the third of a trilogy of music videos featuring Silverstone.  In this one, Silverstone and Tyler are… um… I’m not sure.  Are they actually supposed to be teenage, lesbian con artists?  We see them shop lift and enter into an amateur striptease.  Yes, this is an Aerosmith video in which the lead singer’s daughter works a stripper pole while imitating some of her dad’s signature stage moves.  Maybe Creepy would have been a better title.  But the song and the video were a hit.

Tyler was supposedly cast in the video based on her appearance in a Pantene commercial.  The casting agents claim they had no knowledge of Tyler’s relationship to the band.  According to Buell, the original script for the video was even racier:

Steven and I vetoed the first script.  Omigod, it had some racy stuff in there. It had a kiss between Liv and Alicia. Steven and I just looked at each other and went: ‘Uh-huh, sure. When hell freezes over!’

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Liv Tyler – Rolling Stone cover – 1994

Tyler appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine with her famous dad.  Tyler addressed her performance in her dad’s Crazy video:

“I understand why people might have a problem with it, but I have no problem with it, and Steven has no problem with it, and if other people have a problem with it, it’s their problem.”

And her rock star dad shared this sage fatherly advice: “As a father I’m a realist. You can teach your children well and hope you’ve taught them some good sense…I told my daughters…’Flaunt it. But if you lift your skirt, every little boy’s tongue’s gonna want to be up there.'”

Hopefully Tyler got better advice from Rundgren.

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Liv Tyler – Silent Fall – 1994

In 1994, Tyler  made her big screen Debut in the thriller, Silent Fall.

Richard Dreyfus played a psychiatrist who is treating an autistic boy.  The boy witnessed his parents’ murder.  Tyler played the boy’s older sister.  Linda Hamilton played Dreyfus’ supportive wife.

The movie was panned by critics and flopped at the box office.  Does it matter?  Not really.  At age 17, Tyler was a celebrity without even trying.

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Liv Tyler – Heavy – 1995

In 1995, Tyler appeared in James Mangold’s directorial debut, Heavy.

Pruitt Taylor Vince starred as an over-weight short order cook with low self-esteem.  He works at a diner owned by his mother who was played by Shelley Winters.  Tyler played a college drop-out who comes to the diner and begins working as a waitress.

Mangold wrote the screenplay while attending filmmaking seminars at Columbia University.  He knew Tyler socially and was aware that she was looking to get into acting.  After a video audition, he cast Tyler as the young waitress.  Tyler helped Mangold land Debbie Harry for a supporting role through her connections to the music industry.

Heavy premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.  It was later shown at  Cannes before being released to theaters in the United Kingdom.  The following year, as Tyler’s star was on the rise, Heavy received a limited release in the United States.

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Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger – Empire Records – 1995

In 1995, Tyler appeared opposite Renee Zellweger, Anthony LaPaglia, Robin Tunney and Ethan Embry in Empire Records.

Empire Records follows a day in the life of the employees at an independent record store.  The employees are trying to prevent their beloved store from being sold to a soulless corporate chain.  It’s sort of like Clerks with a bigger budget and fewer Star Wars references.  Tyler and Zellweger played best friends who work at the store.  Tyler played the brainy one and Zellweger played the trashy one.

Empire Records was severely edited during post-production.  The film was cut by forty minutes excising three characters entirely.  Originally, the movie took place over the course of two days, but it was edited down to just one day.

When it was released, Empire Records got mostly negative reviews and bombed at the box office.  But it has developed a cult following on video.

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Liv Tyler – Stealing Beauty – 1996

In 1996, Tyler landed her first leading role in Bernardo Bertolucci’s coming-of-age drama, Stealing Beauty.

Tyler played a nineteen-year-old American girl who travels to Tuscany after her mother’s suicide.  She stays with family friends under the pretense of posing for a sculpture.  Four years earlier, she visited the same village and met a boy.  She hopes to rekindle that relationship while possibly learning the identity of her father.  I’d start with the local rock stars if I were her.

Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Rachel Weisz co-starred.  The movie was showed at Cannes before opening theatrically in the US.  Reviews were mixed, but critics were universal in their praise of Tyler’s performance.  The positive buzz is what inspired the release of Heavy in the US.

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Liv Tyler – That Thing You Do! – 1996

Later that year, Tyler had a supporting role in Tom Hanks’ directorial debut, That Thing You Do.

Tom Everett Scott starred as a drummer in 1964 who gets recruited to sit in with a band for a talent show after the band’s regular drummer, played by Giovanni Ribisi breaks his arm.  Tyler played the lead singer’s girlfriend who dubs the band “The Oneders” which is appropriate because they will go on to One Hit Wonder status.  

Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn and Tyler’s Empire Records co-star, Ethan Embry, rounded out the band.  Charlize Theron played Scott’s girlfriend.  Hanks cast himself as the band’s manager.  Hanks even found a role for his old Bosom Buddies co-star, Peter Scolari.  Hanks almost passed on casting Scott in the lead because the actor looked similar to Hanks when he was younger.  But Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson, convinced him to cast Scott anyway.

Despite positive reviews, That Thing You Do was a box office disappointment.  It opened in third place behind The Glimmer Man and barely beating out Mighty Ducks 3.  It went on to gross $25 million in the US which was roughly equal to it’s production costs.

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Liv Tyler – Inventing the Abbotts – 1997

In 1997, Tyler appeared in the period drama, Inventing the Abbotts.

Joaquin Phoenix and Billy Crudup played brothers from the wrong side of the tracks.  Their father supposedly died during a bet with his business partner Lloyd Abbott played by Will Patton.  The brothers have relationships with the wealthy Abbott’s three beautiful daughters played by Tyler, Jennifer Connelly and Joanna Going.  Kathy Baker played the boys’ widowed mother and Michael Keaton narrated.

Both Tyler and Connelly would eventually go on to play Betty Ross in movies based on the Hulk comic books.

Inventing the Abbotts received negative reviews and flopped at the box office.  It opened in 10th place at the box office and grossed less than $6 million dollars.

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Liv Tyler – U Turn – 1997

Later that year, Tyler had a cameo role in Oliver Stone’s bizarre crime drama, U Turn.  Sean Penn starred as a drifter who gets stranded in the Arizona desert.  Billy Bob Thornton played an eccentric car mechanic.  Jennifer Lopez stepped in to play a femme fatale when Sharon Stone passed on the role.  Nick Nolte played her jealous husband.  Claire Daines played a teenager who is too friendly with Daines and Joaquin Phoenix played her jealous boyfriend.

Tyler’s role is small.  She played “Girl in Bus Station”.  Reviews were mixed and the movie flopped at the box office.

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Liv Tyler – Armageddon – 1998

In 1998, Tyler appeared in the Michael Bay-directed asteroid flick, Armageddon.

Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck starred as oil drillers who become humanity’s last hope when an asteroid the size of Texas is headed towards the earth.  Because apparently it is easier to train oil drillers to be astronauts than to train astronauts to use oil drilling equipment.  Supposedly Affleck asked the director this very question and was told by Bay to “Shut up!”

Tyler played Affleck’s girlfriend who also happens to be Willis’ daughter.  Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan and Owen Wilson rounded out the cast.

Armageddon was competing with the similarly-themed disaster flick, Deep Impact.  Bruce Joel Rubin, writer of Deep Impact, claimed that he discussed his script with a production president at Disney over lunch.  According to Rubin, the Disney associate took detailed notes and launched Armageddon as a counter production.  As a result, the movie had to be made quickly.

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Liv Tyler – Armageddon – 1998

In 2013, while promoting the movie Pain and Gain, Bay expressed regrets about the rush to get the movie into theaters:

We had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks. It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. It was terrible. My visual effects supervisor had a nervous breakdown, so I had to be in charge of that. I called James Cameron and asked ‘What do you do when you’re doing all the effects yourself?’ But the movie did fine.

Later, Bay amended his statement indicating that he was proud of the movie but wished he had more time to edit the third act.  Bay also accused the interviewer of taking his words out of context.  The author of the article, Miami Herald writer Rene Rodriguez claimed: “NBC asked me for a response, and I played them the tape. I didn’t misquote anyone. All the sites that picked up the story did.”

Despite mixed to negative reviews, Armageddon was a huge hit at the box office.  It grossed over $200 million dollars in the US and over $550 million worldwide.

Tyler’s dad’s band, Aerosmith, had a hit single on the movie’s soundtrack.  I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing became the band’s biggest hit.

Armageddon was nominated for four Academy Awards in the technical categories.  It was also nominated for seven Golden Raspberry Awards.  Tyler was nominated for Worst Actress and as one-half of the Worst Couple along with Affleck.  Aerosmith was even nominated for Worst Song.  Only Willis “won” for Worst Actor.

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Liv Tyler – Plunkett & Macleane – 1999

In 1999, Tyler co-starred opposite Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller in the British historical action-comedy, Plunkett & Macleane.

Carlyle and Miller played highwaymen who rob the rich but do not feel so strongly about giving to the poor.  Tyler played a noblewoman who overlooks their criminal ways.

The movie was panned by critics and bombed at the box office.

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Liv Tyler – Cookie’s Fortune – 1999

Later that year, Tyler starred opposite Glenn Close, Julianne Moore and Chris O’Donnell in Robert Altman’s crime comedy, Cookie’s Fortune.

The movie takes place in the small town of  Holly Springs, Mississippi.  Close played an overbearing theater director and Moore played her shy younger sister.  When their elderly aunt played by Patricia Neal commits suicide, the sisters plot to make her death seem like a murder in order to preserve their family name.  Tyler played Moore’s wayward daughter in from out of town and O’Donnell played her love interest/jailer.

Cookie’s Fortune received mostly positive reviews.

Altman considered Tyler “too glamorous” so he asked her to cut her hair short for the role.

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Liv Tyler – Onegin – 1999

Tyler capped off 1999 by starring opposite Ralph Fiennes in the period drama, Onegin.

Fiennes played an aloof Russian socialite in 19th century St Petersburg.  Tyler played a young woman who professes her love for Fiennes’ character only to be spurned.  Six years later, Tyler’s character has married a prince and Fiennes’ character returns to beg her forgiveness.

The movie is based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel Eugene Onegin and was directed by Fiennes’ sister, Martha Fiennes.  Reviews were mixed and Onegin received a very limited release in the US.

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Liv Tyler – Dr. T and the Women – 2000

In 2000, Tyler appeared in another Robert Altman movie, Dr. T and the Women.

Richard Gere played a successful gynecologist and whose life starts to unravel when his wife, played by Farrah Fawcett, has a nervous breakdown.  Kate Hudson played his daughter who is soon to be married.  But secretly, she is carrying on a lesbian relationship with her maid of honor played by Tyler.  Tara Reid played Gere’s youngest daughter, a conspiracy theorist.  And Shelly Long played his secretary.  Laura Dern played Gere’s meddlesome sister-in-law and Helen Hunt played a golf instructor with whom he finds solace.

Reviews were mixed and the movie opened at seventh place at the box office.  It went on to gross about $13 million in the US which was a little more than half of its production costs.

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Matt Dillon and Liv Tyler – One Night at McCool’s – 2001

In 2001, Tyler starred opposite Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser and John Goodman in the crime comedy, One Night At McCool’s.

Dillon plays a bartender who falls for a seductive stranger played by Tyler.  When Dillon and Tyler meet, she shoots and kills someone who appears to be trying to rape her.  Once Tyler and Dillon’s characters start dating, she becomes demanding and coerces him to commit crimes to support her.

The movie is structured around different characters retelling the same events in different ways that reflect their character.  Paul Reiser played Dillon’s cousin and John Goodman played a cop investigating the shooting.  Michael Douglas has a small supporting role as a greaser hitman.  Michael Douglas has a small supporting role as a greaser hitman.

Reviews were mixed to negative and the movie flopped at the box office.  It opened outside of the top ten behind Tom Green’s flop Freddy Got Fingered which was in its second week of release.

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Liv Tyler – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 2001

Later that year, Tyler played Arwen the elf in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Elijah Wood starred as the humble hobbit, Frodo Baggins.  He and his friend Sam, played by Sean Astin, are tasked with a mission to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom.  They are accompanied by the wizard Gandalf played by Ian McKellen, the ranger Aragorn played by Viggo Mortensen, the dwarf Gimli played by John Rhys-Davies, and the elf Legolas played by Orlando Bloom.

Sean Bean played Boromir, another member of the fellowship.  Christopher Lee played the wizard Saruman.  Cate Blanchett played the regal elf,  Galadriel.  And Hugo Weaving played Elrond, Arwen’s father.  As the first movie in the trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring had a lot of characters to introduce and a lot of exposition to deal with.

Odds are you’re familiar with the Lord of the Rings movies.  Jackson tried for years to get the movies made before New Line finally agreed.  Jackson originally wanted Uma Thurman for the role of Arwen.  But Thurman was pregnant and unavailable, so Tyler was cast instead.  Prior to joining the cast, Tyler had never read the books.  She quickly threw herself into learning Tolkein lore and how to speak Elvish.

Reviews were positive and the movie was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards and won four.  It was a bigger hit at the box office than anyone anticipated.  It opened at #1 and ended up being the second highest-grossing movie of 2001 behind Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

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Liv Tyler – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 2002

In 2002, Tyler returned to Middle-earth for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

The second movie is the dark middle chapter where the fellowship from the first film breaks down and goes its separate ways.  After the success of the first movie, the special effects budget was doubled to accommodate the big battle scenes.

The original treatment for The Lord of the Rings told the story across two movies.  As such, there was a great deal of compression.  In the original treatment, Tyler’s character was included among the elves at the Battle of Helms Deep.  Tyler trained in swordplay for this battle scene.  But this was a departure from the books.  Tyler’s character did not even appear in the middle book much less in the climactic battle scene.  When word of this change was leaked, Tolkien fans went nuts online.

The writers decided to remove Arwen from the Battle of Helms Deep.  Instead, Arwen was featured in flashbacks to her and Aragorn at Rivendell.  The flashbacks adapted material from the Appendices at the back of the novel.  She also appeared to Viggo Mortensen’s  Aragorn in a dream.  Originally, this scene was written in English.  But Tyler persuaded Jackson to let them perform the scene in Elvish with English subtitles.

All three films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy received positive reviews.  But of the three, The Two Towers has the highest score on Rotten Tomatoes.  It opened at number one at the box office and grossed over $900 million dollars worldwide.

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Liv Tyler – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003

In 2003, the Lord of the Rings trilogy was completed with the Return of the King.

The final chapter featured the final showdown between the forces of good and evil.  It’s the big payoff the series had been building towards over the previous two films.  The very end has a little trouble wrapping things up and Jackson arguably had at least one too many codas.  But most audiences were willing to forgive such indulgences.

As filming for the final film completed, Jackson gave each cast member a prop on their final day on the set.  The gift was usually a prop of some significance to the character they played.  Tyler was given Arwen’s “dying dress”.  Also, cast was allowed to bid on the horses used during filming.  Viggo Mortensen purchased his own and Tyler’s.  He gave Arwen’s horse to Tyler’s riding double.

Reviews for Return of the King were very positive although some critics dinged it for the multiple endings.  It won 11 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.  And it was the highest-grossing movie in the series with over a billion dollars worldwide!

The opportunity to be involved in something as acclaimed as the Lord of the Rings trilogy doesn’t come along very often.  I am sure that it is a source of pride for all involved.  However, it probably didn’t do a lot to help Tyler’s career.  The lion’s share of the accolades went to Jackson.  For her part, Tyler went three straight years without a leading role.

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Liv Tyler – Jersey Girl – 2004

In 2004, Tyler reunited with her Armageddon co-star, Ben Affleck in Kevin Smith’s comedy, Jersey Girl.

Affleck played a single dad whose wife died during childbirth.  He finds himself unprepared for the stresses of fatherhood which leads to a meltdown which costs him his job as a publicist.  Now unemployed, he decides to concentrate on being a better dad.  Tyler played the girl who just might be able to help Affleck get over his late wife.

It may be hard to remember this now that Affleck is an Oscar-winning director and a big screen super hero, but there was a time when audiences were sick to death of looking at his smug face.  That came to a head around this time.  Affleck was engaged to singer/actress Jennifer Lopez.  They were all over the tabloids where they were referred to by the power couple moniker “Bennifer”.  In 2003, “Bennifer” starred in the notorious flop, Gigli.

Unfortunately for Jersey Girl, Affleck had convinced his pal Smith to cast Lopez as his ill-fated wife.  Even though her role was small, the media was calling Jersey Girl another “Bennifer” movie.  Miramax delayed the film’s release to distance it from Gigli and removed all images of Lopez from the film’s promotional material.  It didn’t help.

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Liv Tyler – Jersey Girl – 2004

Jersey Girl was supposed to be a big movie for Smith.  He had spent the early part of his career making movies for a small but devoted audience.  His early movies are collectively referred to as occurring in the “Askewniverse”.  Smith’s previous movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, was intended to close the door on the “Askewniverse” forever.  Jersey Girl was his first movie to get a PG-13 rating and his first not to feature the characters of Jay and Silent Bob.  As Smith put it:

After nearly ten years of telling stories about surly register jockeys, youthful mall denizens, flip-flopping lesbians and the sexually insecure men who love them, fallen angels and other contemporaries of “The Christ” (as we’ve come to know Him, courtesy of Mad Max Riggs), and amiable stoners who run afoul of the internet, I felt like it was time to really let my hair down. Hence Jersey Girl.

Reviews were mixed.  Audience who were largely sick of Affleck refused to show up and the movie disappointed at the box office.  It opened in fifth place and ended up grossing $25 million in the US.  Including international grosses, it still fell short of its $36 million dollar budget.

The movie was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards.  Affleck was nominated for Worst Actor and J-Lo was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress.  The third nomination was for Worst Screen Couple.  The nomination read “Ben Affleck and either Jennifer Lopez or Liv Tyler” because the Golden Raspberries like to cover all their bases.

Smith didn’t take the failure of Jersey Girl very well.  He has griped several times about the critical reaction.  According to Smith:

All these people were just trashing this movie’s stars instead of looking at the movie itself. I get that a lot of people didn’t like it but dude, I spent two years of my life on that movie.

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Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon

In 1998, Tyler began dating British musician Royston Langdon of the band Spacehog.   The couple got engaged in February 2001  and married in March 2003. In December of 2004, Tyler gave birth to her first son.  Tyler started working less to take on family obligations.  The couple split in 2008 but remained on good terms.

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Liv Tyler – Lonesome Jim – 2005

In 2005, Tylyer starred opposite the other Affleck (Casey) in Steve Steve Buscemi’s comedy-drama, Lonesome Jim.

Affleck played a gloomy 27-year-old novelist who decides to move back in with his parents because he just can’t make it on his own.  Tyler played a nurse and single mom who meets cute with the younger Affleck.

Lonesome Jim was originally set up at Universal and had a $3 million dollar budget.  But the deal fell through and the movie’s budget was slashed to half a million.  The actors all had to work for reduced pay in order to keep the movie on budget and the shooting schedule was cut from 30 days to 17.

Reviews were mixed and the movie failed to recoup its meager budget.

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Liv Tyler – Reign Over Me – 2007

In 2006, Tyler starred opposite Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me.  Oh good.  An Adam Sandler movie.  Those are almost always hits.  Oh Reign Over Me is a drama?  About 9/11?  Never mind.

Sandler played a man who is pushed over the edge by the loss of his family in the 9/11 attacks.  Don Cheadle played his old college roommate who meets him on the street one day and rekindles their friendship.  Tyler played a therapist who encourages Sandler to talk about his family.

Originally, the movie was written for Tom Cruise.  Javier Bardem was attached to play the Don Cheadle role.  Jennifer Garner cast as the therapist.  Cruise dropped out which prompted Bardem to suggest Sandler after seeing him in Punch Drunk Love. Sandler was reluctant to accept the part at first but signed on after reading the script a second time.  Garner left the project just before filming was supposed to start and Tyler replaced her.

Reviews for Reign Over Me were mixed to positive.  But the movie tanked at the box office.  It opened in eighth place and failed to recoup its $20 million dollar budget.

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Liv Tyler – Smother – 2007

Tyler had a big year in 2008.  First she starred opposite Diane Keaton and Dax Shepard in the comedy, Smother.

Shepard and Tyler play a young couple whose lives are turned upside down when family members move in unexpectedly.  Keaton played Shepard’s mother who goes so far as to get a job working at the same carpet store as her son.  Conflict arises because Tyler pressures her husband to have a baby but he isn’t sure he is ready for fatherhood.

Smother received negative reviews and was not released theatrically.

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Liv Tyler – The Strangers – 2008

Later that year, Tyler starred opposite Scott Speedman in the horror movie, The Strangers.

Tyler and Speedman played a young couple staying in a remote vacation home.  Before the night is over, they find themselves fighting against a trio of masked invaders.

The Strangers was marketed as being “based on a true story”.  That claim is true in the sense that there really are home invaders.  Writer/director Bryan Bertino claimed he was inspired by some local crimes from his childhood as well as the Manson murders.  Even so, “based on a true story” seems like a bit of a stretch.

Tyler employed some unusual techniques to get in character.  She ran laps around the set so as to appear out of breath.  Bertino would warn her where the loud noise would be coming from.  But he would lie and the noises would come from somewhere else.

The movie was originally planned for release in the summer of 2007.  It was then pushed back until the fall of that year.  Finally, it got pushed back again to May 2008.  It was finally released to negative reviews.  But it was a hit at the box office.  Although it only opened in third place, it went on to gross more than$50 million dollars at the box office.  Considering the movie cost less than $10 million to make, that was a terrific take.

There have been rumors that a sequel was in the works.  Tyler has said that she would play a small role in the sequel.  But so far, the project appears to be on hold.

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Liv Tyler and Edward Norton – The Incredible Hulk – 2008

Tyler ended 2008 by starring opposite Edward Norton in the Marvel movie, The Incredible Hulk.

The first film, titled simply The Hulk, had come out five years earlier to disappointing box office.  Director Ang Lee had made a psychologically complex film that failed to deliver the action audiences wanted from a Hulk movie.  The new film was partially a sequel and partially a reboot with Norton replacing Eric Bana as Bruce Banner.  Tyler replaced Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross.

Tyler accepted the role without having read the script.  That is probably for the best because according to co-star Tim Roth, Norton was rewriting scenes every day anyway.  Tyler was involved in that process.  She and Norton spent hours talking about their characters’ lives and back stories.

Reviews were mixed to positive.  The movie was viewed as a hit at the box office.  But in truth, it didn’t gross much more than the original Ang Lee film.  Adjusted for inflation, its gross was actually less impressive.  However, it did perform well enough for Marvel to plan sequels which have yet to be made.  Instead, Marvel put future Hulk plans on hold.

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Liv Tyler – Super – 2010

In 2010, Tyler appeared in James Gunn’s super hero satire, Super.

Rainn Wilson starred as a sad middle aged man whose wife leaves him.  Tyler played the wife, a recovering drug addict who ditches Wilson for Kevin Bacon.  Wilson has a vision in which a Jesus-themed super hero from a Christian TV show (the Holy Avenger played by Nathan Fillion) tells him that God wants him to become a super hero.  He enlists the help of a foul mouthed comic store clerk played by Ellen Page to create a super hero costume.

Gunn had been working on the script for Super since 2002.  He originally wanted John C. Reilly to star, but Reilly was not considered a big enough star to carry the film.  Gunn almost gave up on the movie, but his ex-wife, Jenna Fischer, encouraged him to see it through.  She showed the script to her Office co-star Wilson who liked it enough to agree to star.  Wilson sent the script to his Juno co-star Page.

When the movie was released, it was compared by many to the movie Kick Ass which was based on a comic book by Mark Millar.  Millar and Gunn are friends and Millar has defended Super against accusations that it ripped off his story.

Reviews were mixed to negative.  Many critics were put off by the movie’s violence and changing tones.  Super received a very limited theatrical release but fared better on demand.  It has developed a cult following.

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Liv Tyler – the Ledge – 2011

In 2011, Tyler appeared in the philosophical thriller, The Ledge.

Charlie Hunnam starred as an atheist who has an affair with a married man’s wife.  Tyler played the wife of a religious nut played by Patrick Wilson.  When Wilson finds out about the affair he forces Hunnan to step out on a ledge with instructions to jump at noon.  Terrence Howard played a cop trying to keep Hunnam from jumping.

The movie was written and directed by Matthew Chapman, an open atheist.  It’s kind of the opposite of those terrible Christian movies that exist solely to portray Christians as a minority persecuted by atheists.  I’m waiting for the movie where Kevin Sorbo plays an atheist who makes Kirk Cameron stand on a ledge.  I think I might be willing to pay to see that.

Reviews were mostly negative.  The Ledge only played in two theaters and was available on IFC’s On Demand channel.

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Liv Tyler – Robot & Frank – 2012

In 2012, Tyler appeared in the sci-fi drama, Robot & Frank.

Frank Langella starred as an aging ex-con in the not-too-distant future.  As his ability to care for himself is diminished, his son played by James Marsden buys him a robot to help out.  The robot is programmed to encourage Langella to pursue gardening, but he decides instead to use the robot to commit crimes.  Tyler played his daughter who objects to the robot on ethical terms.  Susan Sarandon played a librarian Langella becomes involved with.

Robot & Frank received mostly positive reviews.  It also won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

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Liv Tyler – Givenchy perfume ad

In 2003, Tyler became a spokesperson for  Givenchy perfume and cosmetics.  In 2012, as part of an advertising campaign, Tyler recorded a cover of the INXS “I Need You Tonight”.

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Liv Tyler – Jamie Marks is Dead – 2014

In 2014, Tyler appeared in two movies most readers have probably never heard of.  First, she was in the melancholy horror movie, Jamie Marks is Dead.

The movie is about a boy who is found dead.  No one in his class knew him very well.  He was invisible aside from occasionally being bullied.  The classmates who found his body begin seeing his ghost.  One of them gets drawn into the world of the undead.

The movie was shown at Sundance and received mostly positive reviews.

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Liv Tyler – Space Station 76 – 2014

Later that year, Tyler starred in the sci-fi comedy, Space Station 76.

Tyler played the new first mate on a refueling station in space.  The movie takes place in a world where space travel was common in 1976.  Tyler finds that the crew of the station struggles with isolation and loneliness.  The captain is played by Patrick Wilson, he The Ledge co-star.  Matt Bomer played a married co-worker she becomes involved with.

Space Station 76 was shown at  the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.  It received mixed to positive reviews.

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Liv Tyler – The Leftovers – 2014-2015

In 2014, Tyler also became a regular on the HBO series, The Leftovers.

The show is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta.  The premise is that roughly 2% of the world’s population disappears in an event called the Sudden Departure.  But there doesn’t appear to be any reason why some people left and others were left behind which frustrates many who were expecting a biblical rapture.

Justin Theroux and Amy Brenneman star as a couple who find themselves torn apart by the disappearances.  He wants to continue living life much as he did before.  But she has become involved in a cult called the “Guilty Remnant”.  Christopher Eccleston plays a former reverend and current editor of a self-published tabloid that outs sinners.  And Tyler plays a woman who becomes targeted by  the “Guilty Remnant”.

Reviews for the show were mostly favorable and HBO has renewed it for a second season.

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Liv Tyler – “Bun in the Oven” Halloween Costume – 2014

Additionally, Tyler announced that she was pregnant with her second child.   The father is sports and entertainment manager, David Gardner.  For Halloween, Tyler wore a “Bun in the Oven” costume.

So, what the hell happened?

This seems like a trick question.  Tyler has worked steadily in spite of raising children.  She’s not the most prolific actress in the world, but on average she appears in a movie annually.  Currently, she is appearing on an HBO series, she’s the spokesperson for a line of perfumes and cosmetics and her Halloween costume is treated like a major event.  That’s not exactly the profile for a washed up celebrity.

And yet, I keep being asked what the hell happened to her.  Why is that?

First, I think a lot of people had higher expectations for her mainstream movie career.  After being an it-girl through the 90’s, Tyler seemed poised for super stardom after Armageddon.  When people ask what the hell happened to her, I think they are asking why she didn’t become an A-list star.  It certainly seemed well within her reach.

Secondly, I think most audiences are unaware of the vast majority of Tyler’s recent work.  Most of her movies for the last several years have only been shown at film festivals.  Unless you attend Sundance or SXSW, you’re unlikely to have seen Tyler’s work on the big screen since around 2008.  So the perception is that she has disappeared when in reality, she has just become harder to find.

So why wasn’t Tyler a bigger movie star?  I don’t get the impression that was ever her goal.  Tyler has been surrounded by fame her entire life.  Money is clearly not an issue.  Why should she strive to be the biggest movie star she can be when she can just make little movies that interest her instead?  If she had wanted to be an A-list star, she certainly would have made different choices as her follow-up to Armageddon.

Even though her movie career isn’t as big as it might have been, Tyler remains firmly in the spotlight.  And it looks like she’ll continue working on TV and independent films for a long time to come.

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José
José
9 years ago

She’s a bad actress.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  José

Why has Liv Tyler stopped making movies? https://www.quora.com/Why-has-Liv-Tyler-stopped-making-movies/answer/Jon-Mixon-1 The demand for her as an actress cooled rapidly outside of her role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. While The Incredible Hulk (2008) did well, her role was very small in the overall scheme of the film and the film wasn’t a blockbuster. In the six years since the release of that film (answering in 2014) Ms Tyler has been in six other films, only one of which, The Strangers was a certifiable hit ($82 million box office on a budget of $9 million) and even that film’s sequel is… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Liv Tyler: I chose family over career: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/liv-tyler-i-chose-family-over-career-30311625.html Liv Tyler worries her private life would suffer if she was hugely successful. The 36-year-old actress is the daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler and has nine-year-old son Milo with her ex-husband Royston Langdon. At the moment she is fully focused on raising her boy, explaining she has difficult feelings about balancing a career with family life. “Perhaps I shouldn’t think this way but, from a very young age, I had this idea in my head… That if you are very successful in your career and you’re giving all of your attention… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Liv Tyler in a way, is kind of a “less kooky” Daryl Hannah in the sense that you never got the sense that they were really hungry enough to reach it to the top or to be a major star so to speak. In essence, they were more or less content with being a supporting player. Now that I think about it, I kind of figured that Liv could’ve kind of been a female Keanu Reeves so sorts. Like Keanu, Liv Tyler isn’t considered the greatest actress in the world, but people would still want to work with her because… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Again, I’m somewhat hesitant to delve into blind items and to immediately take them for what they’re worth, but there was a rumor going around that the father of Liv’s two youngest kids, Dave Gardner cheats on her whenever she is gone. Liv herself, knows about this or at the very least, has an inkling about his behavior. This is a big of the alleged reason why Liv hasn’t really acted much in the past several years. And on that regard, it’s pretty shocking to see Liv sign up for a weekly TV series (911: Lone Star on Fox) that… Read more »

Brad Deal
9 years ago

Another great article LeBeau. Stepping up, to keep up, with your contributors so to speak…. Liz Tyler. Born in the right place in the right time, with good genes and talent. Most people in the same place would have been pulled down into the decadence of drugs and mayhem. But this woman seemed to be able to resist these temptations and make something of herself. If there was ever a person situated to have contacts in the entertainment industry it would be her. Exposed to fame early in life it must by now become passé and no longer interesting. Art… Read more »

dwmcguff
dwmcguff
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I’m going to do my best the next couple months to be a regular contributor again… however the beginning of 2015 is going to be rough. So, I need to get in everything I can.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

Liv Tyler strikes me as a very humble person who when you get right down to it, maybe wasn’t that hungry for fame. As it has been addressed at the end of this article, she has pretty much been surrounded by fame her entire life. And in Hollywood, you kind of have to be incredibly ambitious if you want to move up the ladder or maintain her career.

dwmcguff
dwmcguff
9 years ago

Never been a fan of her breathy voice and over-earnest performances. Never got the hype. I just tried to watch Space Station 76 and milord it was bad. It was originally a stage play, and I thought, hey, sci-fi comedy in Star Trek vein! Nope. Nope. Nope. Not a laugh to be had.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  dwmcguff

I’ve said elsewhere on this site that Liv Tyler kind of reminds me of Kim Basinger. Both Liv and Kim are ravishingly beautiful women, who while arguably not the best actresses of their generation or era (and both incidentally, often speak in soft, breathy voice), arguably and a vulnerability or sensitivity about them. Both of course also once played the girlfriend/love interest in a comic book superhero movie (Liv would like Kim w/ Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer in “The Real McCoy”, eventually work w/ another actor who would play Batman in Ben Affleck) in the 1989 Batman movie and… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  dwmcguff

The Incredible Hulk (2008) http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/564221/incredible-hulk-2008 Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Sep 29, 2017 at 5:37pm The ‘forgotten child’ of the MCU movies. I actually quite like it all things considered. Ed Norton was pretty good as Bruce Banner although I do prefer the Mark Ruffalo version. Don’t even mind the CGI fest between Hulk and Abomination at the very end. After the 2003 Hulk (which I don’t mind but can see why others don’t like) I think the audience just wanted to see Hulk wreck dudes and cause carnage. I enjoyed Tim Roth’s performance as Emil Blonsky and William… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  dwmcguff

The thing that I’ve come to understand about Liv Tyler is that she’s really a very specific type of character actress. What that means is that you can’t just plug her into any role. Otherwise, she’ll obviously stick out as the weakest link. Liv’s breathless, whispery speaking style can come across as off-putting (as if she’s trying to sound sexy) and creepy if it’s not in the right sort of context. I’ve read the suggestion that the way that Liv naturally speaks makes sense on something like “Harlots” because there, she’s playing an aristocrat trapped by the rules of society… Read more »

daffystardust
Editor
9 years ago

The appeal here was always her fantastic looks. Not being a fan of Aerosmith or Michael Bay, I was pleasantly surprised to find that she was not a lousy actress and that she takes the work seriously. Then she (kind of) disappeared. If she is happy and doing the work she wants to do, then I’m very happy for her. Who knows? She may have a resurgence at some point, but it seems that if she does it will happen naturally.

dwmcguff
dwmcguff
9 years ago
Reply to  daffystardust

See, physically, she never did anything for me either. So that whole train I missed, it seems. She does seem to take it seriously, but that hasn’t translated into performances that have compelled me.

Terrence Clay (TMC1982)
Reply to  daffystardust

I think that Liv’s appeal was despite her supermodel-like looks, rocker father, and unique upbringing, Liv presented a decidedly sweet, wholesome, gentle, ethereal “good girl” image. She hardly ever came across a too “fake” or overly pretentious if that makes sense.

In light of recent events, I wonder if Liv lost higher profile work because she ultimately got on Harvey Weinstein’s bad side a la Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd, who were considered for Lord of the Rings before Liv?

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

I also think that Liv’s appeal was that if you ever see interviews of her, she always comes across as very well mannered and soft spoken, elegant, pure, and polite. It’s easy to automatically assume that Liv is one of the kindest, sweetest, gracious, and most down to earth celebrities you’ve ever seen. She’s the type of woman who if you had a problem you would genuinely feel comfortable approaching and talking to her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Axd5SnGglI&t=426s

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  daffystardust

Maybe this is a stretch, but Liv Tyler was perhaps, the Lily Collins of her day. What I mean is that both Liv and Lily initially got attention for simply being the products of musical royalty (Lily’s father is Phil Collins in case you’re wondering). Also, like Liv, Lily Collins as been pushed as the next, up and coming ingenue. They both also have kind of a “fairy tale princess” vibe to their physical appearances.

RB
RB
9 years ago

First before I forget, “Robot and Frank” is an excellent movie that everyone should see. It’s Frank Langella’s vehicle but the cast is all around excellent. Susan Sarandon is my hero. Liv Tyler chooses a lot of interesting projects, and I give her credit for that and for remaining relatively grounded despite an unconventional upbringing. Second, well, there’s no escaping the thought that Tyler is about perfect bone structure. She is well connected and again, picks interesting projects, has beauty and energy but is she an acting legend, I will have to say no….then again does it matter? She’s got… Read more »

dwmcguff
dwmcguff
9 years ago
Reply to  RB

Agreed about R & F. Great movie. I’d watch Frank Langella read the phone book though.

Brad Deal
9 years ago
Reply to  RB

RB,

I saw R+F a while back. I put it on as background noise while I was working. Pretty soon I found myself watching the movie and NOT working. It’s a jewel.

Never forget; it’s not what you know, but who you know.

I always enjoy your comments.

Brad Deal

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Without repeating what others have said about Liv Tyler and why here career didn’t go further or stalled, the thing that I’ve noticed right away is that outside of “Armageddon”, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and “The Incredible Hulk”, Liv hasn’t been in a lot of movies that have been widely released or were remote hits at the box office. I wonder if Liv actively looks for roles that doesn’t obviously trade on her good looks. Either way, a large part of Liv’s problem perhaps, is that she never really did enough to capitalize off of her appearances in… Read more »

Shawntay Van
Shawntay Van
9 years ago

Anne Hathaway stole her roles!

Terrence Clay (TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

I did start wondering a while back if Anne Hathaway’s arrival stifled Liv’s ascent? Liv Tyler in some angles, kind of looks like Anne Hathaway. Plus, Anne may have had the advantage of being several years younger. With that being said, and I don’t know if this is a fair argument, I’ve read the suggestion that Liv Tyler’s problem is that can’t pull off wide variety of emotions on screen. She is arguably best at romantic movies or comedy due to her soft and gentle look. Add to that she did not have had any acting lessons (this isn’t an… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

I think the consensus surrounding Liv Tyler is that she’s in real life, a genuinely nice, kind and sweet woman, who never had a giant ego. This probably can effect her abilities as an actress, because too genuine of a person to truly be a great actress. It would really be hard to envision Liv as say, an angry person or a villain without it coming across as forced. What I mean is that you can’t really pretend to have emotions that you really don’t have.

Joe
Joe
9 years ago

I saw Plunkett & Macleane, way back when. It just wasn’t as fun as the poster made it look. All I remember of Liv Tyler’s role is that while she has a major part, she doesn’t join the title characters until towards the end. One to avoid.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

9 Actresses Who Are In Desperate Need Of A Career Comeback: http://www.fame10.com/entertainment/9-actresses-who-are-in-desperate-need-of-a-career-comeback/3/ By Fame 10 Staff on June 15, 2015 1:24 pm Christina Ricci During the ‘90s, Christina Ricci was one of the most in-demand young actresses in Hollywood. She seemed to transition from the child and teen roles to young adult roles almost seamlessly; however, by the mid 2000s, the big film roles that she had come to count on were already drying up. She went from having a role in the Oscar-winning movie “Monster” to guest starring on shows like “Grey’s Anatomy.” Ricci’s biggest roles in recent years… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

We Should Be Talking More About ‘That Thing You Do!’ http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/08/that-thing-you-do/ The other night, I was on Twitter and referenced That Thing You Do, a tweet that led to a multi-person conversation about the movie, a movie I didn’t think had much of a following because not many people talk about it these days. But it seems that a lot of people do love it, which got me thinking that maybe it’s a movie we should talk about more. That said, the most remarkable thing, to me, about That Thing You Do! is that the song “That Thing You Do”… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

@LivTyler: Actresses are treated like “second-class” citizens at 38 http://bit.ly/1OuCg1G

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Liv Tyler blasts Hollywood sexism http://bit.ly/1OuCg1G

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

#LivTyler on sexism in Hollywood: “Not fun when things start to change.” http://ow.ly/SASmL

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/kirsten-dunst-i-struggle-to-get-roles-in-hollywood.1227642/page-3#post-32022996

You know who really angry roles dried up when she messed up her face and hit 30? Rose McGowan. She was so happy taking roles in her 20s, now she’s just angry. Liv Tyler is sad about it too but she aged like her daddy, they were always going to take her roles away, lucky she come from rock royalty.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Liv Tyler says being 38 in Hollywood is “not fun” http://huff.to/1LOp3L7

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Radiant Liv Tyler can’t contain her smile as she showcases her effortless style in all black ensemble in London

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4922376/Radiant-Liv-Tyler-t-contain-smile.html

She recently turned 40

Leo
Leo
8 years ago

Good Bad Flicks: Empire Records (1995)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMMsEkDiM4

The long and troubled history of Empire Records.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Leo

Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Empire Records http://screenrant.com/empire-records-where-are-they-now/?view=all Liv Tyler (Corey Mason) Easily the most recognizable star of Empire Records, Liv Tyler left her days playing a fuzzy-sweatered speed freak behind and became one of Hollywood’s A-List. She appeared alongside Ethan Embry in That Thing You Do before rocketing to fame with the blockbuster action flick Armageddon. Her next huge role was as Arwen in the Lord of the Rings franchise, one that bumped every actor involved to the next tier of stardom and netted them all a shelfload of awards. As well as playing the stunning elf,… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

What are they now: Liv Tyler http://www.lesinrocks.com/2015/03/15/cinema/que-sont-ils-devenus-liv-tyler-11596009/ Shirred skirt schoolgirl, white shirt knotted at the navel, raven hair and mischievous and rebellious look, this is how Liv Tyler appeared to the world. It was the early 90s in a clip of Aerosmith. He was then seen in auteur films and blockbusters, before it gradually disappears. But what has become? A girl (but who?) Relatives of Liv Tyler’s “kingship” American rock can easily qualify, the actress after being a lover of the most prestigious alloy. His mother is the model Bebe Buell, well known in the 70’s rock circuit for the… Read more »

Leo
Leo
8 years ago

Welcome to the Basement: Armageddon (1998)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJECLml8RMQ

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

‘He gives good presents!’: Liv Tyler praises David Beckham as a god-parent to son Sailor… as she FINALLY confirms engagement to fiancé Dave Gardner

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3335803/Liv-Tyler-praises-David-Beckham-god-parent-son-Sailor-FINALLY-confirms-engagement-fianc-Dave-Gardner.html

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

https://twitter.com/JimmyKimmelLive/status/672254738511953920

Jimmy Kimmel Live ‏@JimmyKimmelLive 5h5 hours ago
#Kimmel tonight @BenAffleck brings us the EXCLUSIVE #BatmanvSuperman trailer + @LivTyler @TheNotoriousMMA & @G_Eazy

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Liv Tyler tells us about being a mom to her 9-month-old and how David Beckham became his godfather!

http://ahwd.tv/vumv3O

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

What will Meg do on the season finale of The Leftovers? Liv Tyler tells us what’s in store for her character.

http://ahwd.tv/10y39X

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Congrats! Liv Tyler is pregnant with her third child — see her cute announcement: http://usm.ag/1RpRY04

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