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Matthew Lillard Was Convinced He’d Never Win an Oscar if He Signed up for ‘DWTS’

Matthew Lilliard said he refused to sign up for ‘Dancing With The Stars’ because he was worried he’d never win an Academy Award if he did

(Photo by Getty)The actor, 54, told Business Insider in a recent interview that when his movie Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed unexpectedly flopped at the box office in 2004, the opportunity arose to appear on the reality show. The film, which starred Matthew Lillard (Shaggy), Linda Cardellini (Velma), Freddie Prinze Jr. (Fred) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (Daphne), stayed true to the cartoon in many ways, especially […] During a 2019 interview with Australian Men’s Health, Chris Hemsworth admitted that he considered leaving acting behind after his role in 2009’s Star Trek sparked fewer opportunities than he’d hoped.

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