8. Kevin Spacey The Social Network
When an actors name you dont expect pops up in the opening credits it sticks in your mind. Normally itll go again when they appear in the film, but with The Social Network that didnt happen. The big acting surprise, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, was heavily publicised, which left me all the more taken aback when Kevin Spaceys name popped up in the Executive Producer role. Spacey had done this before through his company Trigger Street Productions, but this marked the first notable time theyd done a feature not involving the distinctive actor. Filling the executive producer role fully in the films run up, Spacey was popping up all over the shop, keen to discuss and endorse it. What can be gathered from these interviews, which are admittedly mostly publicity lines, is that he was personally, as well as financially interested in the film. Trigger Street return later this year with Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips. Expect shakeycam shot Somali Pirates and Spacey on the credits.