10 Actors Who Were In Two Terrible Movies In 2023
8. Mark Strong - Murder Mystery 2 & The Critic
British star and world's most aerodynamic man Mark Strong is a very fine actor indeed; one of those faces you're always happy to see crop up unexpectedly in a project.
Even his grand presence wasn't enough to save these two dreadful pictures though.
The Kingsman actor was in Murder Mystery 2, the sequel to the highly successful Netflix crime comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. Strong plays an MI6 hostage negotiator, but was unable to convince the public that this outing wasn't a thoroughly average affair that was light on laughs and heavy on snores.
In a complete tonal shift, Strong's other 2023 bust was The Critic, a dark, moody thriller set in the 1930s.
He appeared alongside Ian McKellan and Gemma Arterton, who played a deranged theatre critic and a frightened actress respectively. Even with a strong cast and premise, The Critic failed to win over its namesakes or the general film-going punters.
The irony of that should not be understated.
Strong should be grateful that his role in Shazam! Fury of the Gods was only a minor cameo, otherwise his whole year would have been a complete washout.