Who's an actor that was amazing in one or two projects, but hasn't gotten a show as good since to really shine?

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Brandon Routh. He played a really excellent Superman in a mediocre Superman movie, and a really great character with some unexpected depth in Chuck. He also played a really lame character in the Arrowverse around the time those shows started getting dumber.
But speaking of Chuck… Lachary Levi. Chuck was brilliant. He was great as the male lead voice in Tangled (which was underrated as a film compared to later entries in the second Disney Renaissance that it launched). And he was cool as Captain Marvel, but those films were kinda the epitome of forgettable superhero schlock.
- Yeah, but Zachary Levi has also gone outspoken anti-vax and conservative-to-the-point-of-crazy.
  Which is sad, because I loved him as Chuck but apparently failing to break out after Shazam went to his head.
  
  Oh no. WTF‽ I had no idea. Just verified and it's not just anti-vax (though that alone is especially concerning given the recent announcement he's going to be a parent...) but also transphobic and a zionist.
  That's so disappointing. I loved him in Chuck and followed him on and off for a long time after that. He seemed like such a lovely, positive guy, doing good things with Nerd HQ. This is so disappointing to learn.
  
  Fuck man, he was supposed to be one of the good ones D: disappointing indeed :(
- Routh moved into the Legends of Tomorrow crew where the Arrowverse was allowed to be fully self aware and campy. It was great!
  
  I watched LoT for a while, but I have to be honest it was completely hate-watching. I found the show almost unwatchably bad from day one, as opposed to the other shows which slowly deteriorated over time or jumped the shark at some point.
  
  It did start in the same tone of "highschool soap opera" that the rest of the Arrowverse wallowed in, but after a bit they just said fuck it. They were entirely self aware by S2 when they were in WWII looking for the blood of Christ lmao
- He was hilarious in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! (that whole cast is perfect imo, though lol)
- Zachary Levi is a Trumper though, so fuck 'em and his christo-fascist ass. I fuckin loved chuck and Tangled too. Dude hung out with the other, other Baldwin for too long.

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