History IAmNotSpock / LiveActionFilms

** The Brazilian poster of the movie ''Film/RatRace''[[note]]...or ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle Everybody's Crazy!]]'' in this case[[/note]] goes further by [[https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_744081-MLB29069875873_122018-O.webp crediting his name as "Mr. Bean"]].

* While Creator/KeanuReeves certainly escaped the shadow of ''Film/BillAndTed'', Alex Winter did not. 25 years later and he's still synonymous with Bill S. Preston Esquire. This is partially due to the fact that Winter retired from acting in the early-1990s and concentrated on filmmaking; he returned to acting with ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic''.

* A narrow escape: Before ''Film/TheMatrix'', Creator/KeanuReeves reportedly feared that his gravestone would read, "He played [[Film/BillAndTed Ted]]". Now it will read "He played Neo, he also played Ted". (Although he probably would have also been remembered for ''Film/{{Speed}}''.)

* Creator/BenAffleck is a curious victim of this after signing on to play Batman in ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman''. His own son apparently was convinced that he was actually Batman - to the degree that whenever he left the house, the son asked "you're going to the Bat Cave right?" - and apparently frequently mistakes Fed-Ex delivery guys for the Joker (as the uniform is the same colour). Thus Ben has to pay the delivery guy $20 to stage a fight on the lawn for his son's benefit.

* French actress Mathilda May is best known internationally as the infamous [[EvilIsSexy Space]] [[FullFrontalAssault Girl]] from ''Film/Lifeforce1985'' no doubt due to the nature of the character she played ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent a humanoid vampire bat-like alien]] that takes the appearance of an [[MsFanservice ultra gorgeous 19 years old girl that spends 90% of her screen time in her birthday suit]]. The [[JustHereForGodzilla usual]] [[BestKnownForTheFanservice tropes]] are in full effect here.) as well as the fact that May's movie career takes place mostly in the European market and specially in her native France, making her rather unknown globally).

** Creator/MargaretHamilton not only had severe trouble getting another job after her role as the Wicked Witch of the West, but spent a long time worried that it would give children the wrong idea of who she really was.[[note]]She had been a schoolteacher prior to her acting career, and frequently donated to charitable causes[[/note]] It got to the point that a 1976 episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'' was pulled from rebroadcast and never seen again until ''2019'' on account of her appearance in the show terrifying so many kids into "screams and tears" that their parents inundated the showrunners with angry letters.

** Creator/MargaretHamilton had severe trouble getting another job after her role as the Witch in the same movie.

* Most people will automatically think of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' when they see Creator/TobeyMaguire, the ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Amazing Spider-Man]]'' movies when they see Creator/AndrewGarfield, and the [[Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU Spider-Man]] when they see Creator/TomHolland. So far, none of them seem to have a problem with it, with Holland (who was previously well known in British theatre circles for his role as ''Billy Elliot'' on the West End) hoping to continue playing the role for another however many films after his contract runs out after ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', despite the risk of this phenomenon.

* French actress Mathilda May is best known internationally as the infamous [[EvilIsSexy Space]] [[FullFrontalAssault Girl]] from ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' no doubt due to the nature of the character she played ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent a humanoid vampire bat-like alien]] that takes the appearance of an [[MsFanservice ultra gorgeous 19 years old girl that spends 90% of her screen time in her birthday suit]]. The [[JustHereForGodzilla usual]] [[BestKnownForTheFanservice tropes]] are in full effect here.) as well as the fact that May's movie career takes place mostly in the European market and specially in her native France, making her rather unknown globally).

* Creator/MeganFox will probably be remembered as "that hot chick from ''Film/{{Transformers}}''". At the very least, that's how she's known now and considering her attitude towards Creator/MichaelBay, she's probably not very happy about it. As it had turned out, her issues with Bay seemed to have been resolved (turns out she had offended someone higher up than Bay and Bay didn't have a choice but to fire her) and is starring in Bay's ''TMNT'' in 2014; so she'll probably remembered for being "the hot chick in those Michael Bay movies". She is also as "[[Film/JennifersBody the chick who made out with]] Creator/AmandaSeyfried."

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'':