10 Famous Characters Who Acted Totally Out Of Character In Sequels

3. John Connor €“ Terminator: Salvation

I know, I know - another Connor. But if there's one thing John inherited from his mother, it's a sudden, unforeseen turn to arse-kicking machismo. Terminator: Salvation has so little going for it I'm still struggling to work out what could possibly entice me in to see the imminent sequel, but for all the laughably CGI'd Arnies and yawn-inspiring set-pieces, at least John Connor is no longer an air-headed, petulant wimp of Skywalker proportions. Nick Stahl's Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was, if anything, a step back from his 10-year old predecessor and €“ in a move echoed by Marvel Studios several years later €“ producers were understandably keen to remove Stahl from the role and give audiences the intrepid, warrior-esque Connor so tantalisingly promised throughout the first two instalments. That's where Christian Bale, fresh from The Dark Knight, comes in. After all, if you've deftly portrayed Batman in the Caped Crusader's finest outing, John Connor should be a breeze, right? Well, almost. Bale's Connor was decidedly lacking in charisma and personality, instead exuding a sense of not really wanting to be there (call it blockbuster fatigue). But he was a damn sight more suited to the role of one-man robot-apocalypse salvation than Nick Stahl. In the few years that have passed between T3 and Salvation, Connor has undergone an undocumented character change €“ stepping up to the plate in the face of adversity if you will €“ and is now unrecognisable (and not just because he literally has a different face) from the disappointing character we saw in his previous outing. He heads charges, runs into one-on-one battles with Terminators and has rekindled his love of Guns 'N Roses to boot.