1. Matthew Modine - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Christopher Nolan may have a penchant for Vietnam War films, as following Berengers casting in Inception, the Dark Knight Rises was bolstered by the addition of Matthew Modine, best known for his role as Pvt. Joker in Stanley Kubricks Full Metal Jacket, a casting decision that inevitably led to a number of Joker in Dark Knight Rises headlines across the web and print media. Prior to Full Metal Jacket, Modines films included Streamers and Vision Quest, but despite appearing in a string of roles following its release, his career took a hard hit when Cutthroat Island, a pirate film in which he starred alongside Geena Davis, became the biggest box office bomb of all time. Though never really out of work following the films 1996 release, the Dark Knight Rises was Modines first appearance in a film with mass appeal for several years. Playing the role of Peter Foley, the Deputy Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Force, he is actually given a generous amount of screentime, getting a moment of redemption towards the end of the film to make up for some of his actions in the earlier parts. A role in Jobs, one of two films about the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, was Modines first project following his Dark Knight Rises appearance, though it remains to be seen whether he will revive his career on the back of it.
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