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From stunning farewells to surprising comebacks, 2025 shaped up as a rollercoaster year for Hollywood and beyond. Watch as we dive into the remarkable exits of some iconic stars who chose to retire, while others made unforgettable returns to the screen. Whether it’s a celebrated career closing or an unexpected revival, these stories reveal the evolving paths of actors who have left or reclaimed their place in the spotlight.
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00:00What do you want from me, brother? What do you want?
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at 2025's most high-profile moments of actors
00:11either announcing their departure from showbiz or returning to the screen.
00:15I'm saying I deal with it on a daily basis, but it doesn't affect the talents I have
00:20and the understanding of how to tell a story.
00:24With The Last Metro, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Jean de Fleurette,
00:33Gérard Depardieu was established as one of the defining stars of modern French cinema.
00:39A variety of international roles then cemented him into a global icon.
00:43Sadly, this towering career ends in disgrace.
00:47The actor is perhaps the most well-known figure to stand trial for crimes of a sexual nature
00:51in the wake of a volley of accusations that made up France's Me Too movement in the film industry.
00:58Depardieu has long gotten away with serial sexual assault by his own casual admission.
01:03After more than a dozen women came forward throughout the 2020s,
01:07the actor was stripped of several honors and convicted on two counts in 2025.
01:11Depardieu will now feature on a list of sex offenders
01:14and has to pay each victim around €15,000.
01:18It was during the trial when he formally announced his retirement.
01:22Depardieu is unlikely to find any opportunities to walk back that declaration.
01:27The question now is what will become of his once-glowing legacy.
01:31Who's the little man now?
01:37Return, Cameron Diaz.
01:40After her breakout in 1994's The Mask,
01:43Cameron Diaz became one of the most glamorous stars in Hollywood.
01:46She consistently hit across all genres,
01:49from blockbuster comedies like Charlie's Angels and The Holiday
01:52to the Martin Scorsese epic Gangs of New York.
01:56The status naturally came with a lot of pressure.
01:58I come to say goodbye.
02:01I've booked passage for California.
02:03After 2014's Annie,
02:05Diaz retired from acting to focus on entrepreneurship
02:08and starting a family with good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden.
02:11Nearly 10 years later,
02:13she announced her return to the screen.
02:15Okay, you know that I love our life, right?
02:19What?
02:19I don't know.
02:20It was just like,
02:21tonight, something clicked.
02:23You know, like,
02:24for the first time in like a really long time.
02:26I just, I felt needed.
02:28The fittingly titled Netflix flick,
02:30Back in Action,
02:31was no critical darling,
02:33but Diaz's charm has held up.
02:35And with major projects like Shrek 5 on the horizon,
02:38her star power hasn't missed a beat.
02:40This is maybe the beginning.
02:42Maybe I'll tiptoe in.
02:43Maybe I'll just like go gung-ho.
02:45I don't know.
02:46We'll see.
02:47It was,
02:47it's here and I'm really grateful for it.
02:50Retiring.
02:51Tulasi.
02:52Tulasi Shivamani was just a baby
02:54when she first appeared on the screen as an extra.
02:56By age 12,
02:58she had won two Nandi Awards.
02:59The popular character actress
03:08stepped away from live action after getting married,
03:11but ended up finding steady work in maternal roles.
03:14Tulasi has appeared in enough movies,
03:16in multiple language industries in India,
03:19for several lifetimes.
03:20Thus, at age 58,
03:22she announced her retirement on social media.
03:24She also set the tone for a more private life
03:26by alluding to focusing on a deeper connection
03:28with her Hindu faith.
03:30This was upsetting news for generations of fans
03:32who built their own connection with Tulasi.
03:34But there are more than 300 credits
03:36to chronicle her remarkable life.
03:39Return.
03:40Xie Shaoguang.
03:41I think it's time.
03:42I think everything falls in place nicely.
03:45And I hope my timing is right.
03:46In just over a decade,
03:48Xie Shaoguang became one of Singapore's
03:50most beloved actors.
03:52He set a record for star award wins
03:54for many popular TV shows,
03:56including Stepping Out and Holland 5.
03:58Then he shockingly declined to renew his contract
04:02with MediaCore in 2005.
04:04Xie decided to pursue other enterprises in Malaysia,
04:07where he became a Buddhist monk
04:09and an advocate for animal welfare.
04:11It's the need that everyone wanted to be seen,
04:16wanted to be heard,
04:18and wanted to be feel.
04:20You need to feel love in order to love.
04:23He eventually left the monastery
04:24to open a vegan restaurant
04:25and reclaim his old passion
04:27by teaching acting classes.
04:29Finally, in 2024,
04:30Xie shocked fans again
04:32by announcing his return to Singaporean TV.
04:35The Gift of Time aired the following year
04:37to admittedly mixed reviews,
04:39with everyone agreeing that
04:40Xie is more powerful than ever.
04:42I don't think of, like,
04:44whether it's going to be a bank or not.
04:46I just want to give it my best.
04:48And if I do well,
04:50and I earn another role,
04:52and I earn another role,
04:53and that's my future,
04:55and it all depends on luck, I guess,
04:58in a way.
04:58The son of the legendary Kirk Douglas
05:03can teach us how to make a name for yourself.
05:05Dad, I'm thinking about leaving the firm.
05:09I want to try public office again.
05:14I waited 10 years to hear you say that.
05:19Really?
05:22Maybe this time you vote for me?
05:26Michael Douglas has led a diverse slew
05:28of classics,
05:29winning his Oscar for Oliver Stone's Wall Street.
05:32His stardom only surged in the new millennium
05:34with the Emmy-winning Behind the Candelabra,
05:37the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
05:38and the Netflix comedy The Kominsky Method.
05:41And yet, Douglas revealed in a 2025 Variety interview
05:44that he consciously stopped working
05:46after filming Apple TV's Franklin.
05:48Last years in my career,
05:50I've been trying different things,
05:51comedy or green screen.
05:54But, you know, Benjamin Franklin was like, wow.
05:57He said he, quote,
05:58did not want to be one of those people
06:00who dropped dead on the set.
06:01Though Douglas leaves the window open
06:03for a special project,
06:04his final great acting lesson
06:06is how to gracefully close
06:07a stellar six-decade career.
06:09You are what the world requires you to be.
06:14We understand each other perfectly.
06:16Return, Michael Caine.
06:18It seems to me,
06:19if they ain't got you one way,
06:21they got you another.
06:22So what's the answer?
06:24That's what I keep asking myself.
06:26British cinema hasn't produced many faces or voices
06:28as recognizable as Michael Caine.
06:30His distinguished career
06:32goes all the way back to the 1950s,
06:34with no signs of slowing down
06:35in the following decades.
06:37Caine simply put an end to it at the age of 90.
06:40I went on my back.
06:42Then, uh, help yourself.
06:44You know, I've been in the papers.
06:47I've been on TV.
06:48The Cheeky Chappie.
06:50The Great Escaper.
06:51Yes, I have seen it all.
06:53The poignant and patriotic dramedy
06:55The Great Escaper
06:56was to be a fitting final word
06:58to Caine's legacy.
06:59But two years later,
07:01it was announced that he'll be returning
07:02for the sequel to the Vin Diesel vehicle
07:04The Last Witch Hunter.
07:06It's not exactly the prestige
07:07that fans wanted for an actor
07:09who was as big in Christopher Nolan films
07:11as he was in 1964 Zulu,
07:13but they're still eager
07:14to see Caine again.
07:16I'm a sail of friendly course.
07:18A vile of friendly charm.
07:21On a sea of love and a thankful heart.
07:25Retiring.
07:25Vijay.
07:26Joseph Vijay Chandra Shekhar
07:28is one of the most recognizable names
07:30in Colleywood,
07:31at least by his middle name.
07:33He's been on screen since age nine
07:35and earned the highest civilian award
07:38in Tamil Nadu before he was 25.
07:41He began using this platform
07:42to promote left-leaning views
07:44during the 2010s.
07:45Since then,
07:46even Vijay's most commercial blockbusters
07:48have incorporated pointed political themes.
07:51Finally, in 2024,
07:53he founded the regional political party
07:55Tamilaga Vetri Karaknam.
08:01He marked their first anniversary
08:04with an announcement
08:04that he would be leaving the film industry
08:06to focus on his political career.
08:08Nicknamed Talapati or The Commander,
08:11Vijay wants to have a more direct role
08:13in effecting change in India.
08:21Michael J. Fox
08:23The lovable Michael J. Fox
08:25has been a part of nostalgia
08:26for every generation since the 80s.
08:28That continued even after
08:29the star of Family Ties
08:31and the Back to the Future trilogy
08:32was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
08:34in 1991.
08:36Whoa, this is heavy.
08:38There's that word again, heavy.
08:40Why are things so heavy in the future?
08:41Is there a problem
08:42with the Earth's gravitational pull?
08:43It took 29 years
08:44for Fox's condition
08:45to become severe enough
08:47for him to quit acting.
08:48That just meant
08:49he could focus more on writing
08:50and health activism,
08:51culminating in the Emmy-winning documentary,
08:53Still,
08:54a Michael J. Fox movie.
08:55The thing about motion with me
08:56is I've always been moving.
08:58Maybe that's because I'm small.
08:59I've always been moving
09:00and I've always counted on movement
09:01to not only propel me
09:03from place to place,
09:04but to express myself
09:05as I've propelled
09:06from place to place
09:07and to be who I am.
09:08He did say that he'd act again
09:10with the right role,
09:11which he has reportedly found
09:12in season three
09:13of Apple TV's
09:14acclaimed dramedy Shrinking.
09:16While audiences eagerly await
09:18Fox's comeback in 2026,
09:20he joked to People Magazine
09:21that he's, quote,
09:22always retiring.
09:24I'm just a storyteller.
09:25I don't even think myself
09:26as an actor
09:26as much as a storyteller.
09:28And so I'm not going to let it stop me.
09:32And I applaud that in anybody.
09:34Retiring,
09:35Cate Blanchett.
09:36Following her Oscar-nominated breakout
09:38in 1998's Elizabeth,
09:40Cate Blanchett achieved the reputation
09:42as one of the greatest actors
09:43of our time.
09:44I will have one mistress here
09:46and no master.
09:51In addition to five
09:52more Academy Award nominations,
09:53she won for Martin Scorsese's
09:56The Aviator
09:56and Woody Allen's
09:57Blue Jasmine.
09:59Blockbusters like Peter Jackson's
10:00Middle Earth franchise
10:01also helped make her
10:03a bankable name.
10:04It seems unthinkable that Blanchett
10:20would lose her passion for the art
10:21she's effectively conquered.
10:23But at age 56,
10:25she told Radio Times
10:26that she's getting, quote,
10:27serious about giving up acting
10:29to pursue other passions.
10:30Such major projects
10:32as the David Fincher-directed
10:33Squid Game America
10:35suggest that retirement
10:36is not imminent.
10:38When that day comes, though,
10:39the whole acting industry
10:40will feel the loss.
10:41Tell me you know
10:42what you're doing.
10:46I don't.
10:52I never did.
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11:09Return,
11:10Daniel Day-Lewis.
11:11The name of Daniel Day-Lewis
11:13has long been synonymous
11:14with great acting.
11:16He's earned
11:16six Academy Award nominations,
11:18including wins
11:19for My Left Foot,
11:20There Will Be Blood,
11:21and Lincoln.
11:21Are we fitted
11:22to the times
11:23we're born into?
11:26Well, I don't know
11:27about myself.
11:29You may be.
11:31Sir, fitted.
11:33Openly overwhelmed
11:34by the spotlight
11:35and his own
11:35method acting process,
11:37Day-Lewis became
11:38more selective
11:38with his roles
11:39after he briefly retired
11:40in 1997
11:41to study shoemaking.
11:43It seemed more permanent
11:44when he quit
11:44following Paul Thomas Anderson's
11:46The Phantom Threat
11:47in 2017.
11:48That is,
11:49until he agreed
11:49to co-write
11:50and star
11:51in his son's
11:512025 filmmaking debut.
11:53Anemone confirmed
11:54Ronan Day-Lewis
11:55as a new generation
11:56of talent,
11:57but also that we should
11:58never count out legends
11:59even when they
12:00supposedly quit.
12:01Who are some other actors
12:18you hate to see go
12:19and ones you hope
12:20to see again?
12:21Give your take
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