9. Edward Norton
Last Great Movie: Moonrise Kingdom (2011) - but it was a small part, okay? Sometimes good actors get caught up in bad movie after bad movie, and it makes them look as though they've got about as much sense as an episode of . This happened (and
is happening) to Edward Norton, a genuinely good actor who needs to get a new agent or a brain transplant or do whatever it takes in order to stop himself from signing on for the Godawful roles that he's signed onto over the course of the past decade. I mean, Norton was doing awesomely in the '90s, but his recent output has been super-underwhelming.
Stone. Leaves of Grass. I mean, what are these movies? I'm well-aware that sometimes actors don't have a lot of choice, but I refuse to believe that somebody like Ed Norton isn't smart enough to seek out some projects of actual worth. He did a nice little turn in Wes Anderson's latest flick,
Moonrise Kingdom, but then he did
TheBourne Legacy and acted all bland and forgettable, so it kind of evens it out. I'm a Norton fan, in the sense that I'm actually pleased they named the anti-virus software after him. Let's get you back on the saddle, Eddy boy.