10 Actors Whose Credibility Has Suffered The Most In 2017 (So Far)

10. Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is one of the world's biggest film stars, with a pulling power that seems to eclipse most of her contemporaries. Only Johansson, with her kick-ass credentials and acting prowess could make a film like Lucy a success at the box office. $463 million on a budget of $40 million? That's insane!

At least, that's what Paramount thought when they cast Johansson in a remake of Ghost in the Shell, assuming that if Lucy - a relatively small sci-fi film based on a spec script - could make a load of money, then an adaptation of a cult hit (with Johansson playing a sexy cyborg cop in a dystopian future, no less) was bound for success. And yet Ghost in the Shell flopped, hard, barely making its budget back.

Whilst the film itself was agreeable but unnecessary, its failings at the box office went against the grain of a deep-seated Hollywood belief: that putting Scar-Jo in something guaranteed a hit. This unexpected failure, coupled with the negative reviews that have met her recent foray into comedy, Rough Night, makes 2017 the actor's worst cinematic year in recent memory.

So, yes, Johansson's credibility - not necessarily as a performer, but as a movie star, as somebody who knows how to pick projects and sell anything - has been thrown into question. What she needs now if she hopes to reaffirm her status as a Hollywood behemoth are a couple of big-hitters with her poised as the lead.