20 Embarrassing Times Musicians Tried To Be Actors (And Vice Versa)

It’s hard to be good at one particular art form. Sure, we as humans can enjoy multiple types of art as leisure or as a hobby, but to be a professional at it requires a combination of innate talent, hard work, and a lot of luck. Some folks, however, let their hubris tell them otherwise.
It takes a lot of time and effort to make it as an actor or a musician. It takes twice as much (if not more so) to be a talented professional at both. Most of the time, a famous actor going into music or a musician going into acting is going to fail. We mean, your Aunt Kathy is an amazing chef and has owned and operated her bakery for 20 years, but you’d probably question her if you thought she’d be a successful carpenter out of nowhere.
Here’s a list of some of the embarrassing times a musician decided to get into acting and the times actors decided that music was also their calling.
50 Cent

Source: The Cinemaholic
Robert Downey Jr.

Source: Entertainment Weekly
Rihanna

Source: Insider
Bruce Willis

Source: Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place
Mick Jagger

Source: The Guardian
Scarlett Johansson

Source: Spin
Britney Spears

Source: The New York Times
Lindsay Lohan

Source: USA Today
Madonna

Source: Yahoo
Russell Crowe

Sources: Today, South Sydney Media/YouTube
Mariah Carey

Source: Rotten Tomatoes
Jeremy Renner

Source: The Megaphone
Anthony Kiedis

Source: RogerEbert.com
Photo Credit: Sven Mandel/Wiki Commons
Ryan Gosling

Source: Vice
Photo Credit: Dustin Drew/Flickr
Jessica Simpson

Jada Pinkett-Smith

Sources: Metro, CEL SHADE/YouTube
Vanilla Ice

Source: The Washington Post
Eddie Murphy

Adam Levine

Source: Bustle
Gwyneth Paltrow

Sources: The Atlantic, This is an Artist!/YouTube