10 Actors About To Play Hugely Against Type

10. Chris Rock As A No-Nonsense Detective - Spiral

There were a lot of raised eyebrows when it was revealed that the next Saw movie, Spiral, had its story conceived by none other than Chris Rock, and weirder still, that the iconic funnyman would be playing the film's protagonist.

Rock will be assuming the role of Ezekiel "Zeke" Bank, a brash detective pursuing a Jigsaw copycat killer, and given that Rock has precious few truly serious, dramatic roles to his name - let alone forays into the horror genre - it's nothing if not an odd fit indeed.

But between this and Rock's upcoming stint on the fourth season of Fargo, he evidently seems keen to steer his career in an intriguing new direction.

From what little we've seen of him in Spiral so far, he looks like he'll pull off the unconventional casting just fine.

And having Samuel L. Jackson as his screen father probably won't hurt.