Actors Who Got Famous Playing Roles That They Hated

Shailene Woodley as Amy on “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”

Shailene Woodley is grateful for her time on “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” However, she struggled with the portrayal because of its message. “Towards the end, morally, the things that we were preaching on that show weren’t really aligned with my own integrity,” she said. “So that was a bit hard to show up to work every day knowing that we were going to project all of these themes to thousands — millions — of young adults across the country, when in fact they weren’t what I would like to be sending out.”