Michael Sheen: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

By Tom Baker /

4. Castor - Tron: Legacy (2010)

Williams was a level of theatricality and sheer performance that Sheen didn't have chance to indulge in again until years later. In the meantime he played elder statesman, younger statesman, and had a string of unlikely cameo roles in bad rom-coms. Then, finally, Hollywood came knocking with an offer worth taking, as he took a small a part in the long-awaited Tron sequel. Small, but memorable, as a program within the eponymous computer programme he provides entertainment for his fellow pieces of data in his End Of Line club, planning to one day run €œThe Grid€ (the nickname for the digital world he lives in) after he helps evil Jeff Bridges clone Clu leave for the real world. But before that, he vamps around his neon-soaked establishment in a manner which, according to Sheen himself, was inspired by performers such as David Bowie, Joel Grey from Cabaret, and a bit of Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Show. Sheen rarely gets to just totally let go and be completely crazy in a part, with Castor being a notably enjoyable, campy exception.