As far as off the wall Jeremy Irons performances go, this has to be the most perplexing of the lot. For reasons unbeknownst to the universe at large, Irons opted for a role in the 2002 version of The Time Machine (based on the novel by H.G. Wells), starring Guy Pierce and - that's right - former pop sensation Samantha Mumba. As if just being in the movie wasn't bad enough, though, Irons agreed to play the leader of a fictional race called the Morlocks, which required the Academy Award-winning actor to wear countless layers of make-up, giving him the appearance of a rejected extra from Battlefield Earth. Forced to wear bright blue contact lenses and have his face painted white, Irons' job is to sit in a cave dispensing Elder-like advice to a confused Guy Pearce. It's mental. At one point, the Uber-Morlock says: "We all have our time machines. Some take us back." There's a good chance that Irons wishes he could use one to delete this from his canon.