20 Actors Who Will CRUSH Upcoming Movie Roles
Let these actors cook, because they're about to deliver.
Perhaps the single most underappreciated filmmaking discipline is casting, because it doesn't matter how well written or skillfully directed a movie might be - if the central casting is fundamentally wrong, it can ruin the entire thing.
Hell, it's important enough that the Academy finally introduced a Best Casting Oscar this year, and rightly so.
And while there are so many cases of seemingly iffy casting choices shocking and surprising us all with their brilliance - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, anyone? - what about those perfectly-cast actors who are going to so obviously crush their next big gig?
That's absolutely the case with these 20 actors, each of whom seem set to deliver one hell of a performance in their next project - perhaps, one might hope, the finest work of their careers to date.
Of course, every actor is at the mercy of their script and director to an extent, but even if these films otherwise underwhelm, just about nobody's going to be left complaining that these casting choices were off the mark.
With all the will in the world, these actors are all about to cook up something special alright...
20. Hugh Jackman - The Death of Robin Hood
Just when you thought you couldn't bear to sit through yet another Robin Hood film, out comes a new adaptation that genuinely seems like a fresh take on the legend.
The Death of Robin Hood stars Hugh Jackman as the mythic outlaw archer, depicted here as an older man who reflects on a past filled with theft and murder while being nursed back to health by a mysterious woman (Jodie Comer).
The moment the trailer dropped, many immediately compared the film to Logan, and with good reason, given that the plot seems to involve Robin atoning for his past sins by saving a young girl.
Jackman can play grizzled with the best of them, and taking one look at his Old Man Robin, it's easy to picture an entire history of dubious "heroism" behind him.
Plus, with rising filmmaker Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One) writing and directing, Jackman's likely going to have some solidly meaty material to sink his teeth into.