1. Shia LaBeouf - Assorted
The Commitment: As though trying to prove something after gooning his way through three of Michael Bay's smashy-smashy robot pictures, Shia LaBeouf has since gone to all kinds of De Niro-like lengths in preparation for his recent roles. Examples include: taking LSD for The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, learning to trade as a stockbroker and making some serious coin ($650,000, according to the actor) for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, chugging moonshine and acting so intense that he scared his fellow cast members for Lawless, and filming himself having sex to use as an audition tape for Nymphomaniac. That's right: Shia LaBeouf thinks getting high and having sex is work.
The Result: The point of going method is so the performance is enhanced. Sadly, none of LaBeouf's extra-curricular enthusiasm has shone through, the actor giving all very samey, uninteresting performances for the aforementioned roles - it's hard to even differentiate them from the character he played in Transformers. Hearing tales of what bonkers lengths LaBeouf has gone to is, unfortunately, more interesting than the performances he gives. It's yet to be seen whether LaBeouf's performance in Nymphomaniac has benefited from sending Lars von Trier videos of his after-midnight handiwork, but seeing as the director has digitally replaced his actors' rutting lower halves with those of porn stars, it's unlikely. Which movie role do you find the most pointlessly committed? Let us know in the comments below...