10 Movie Characters Who Were Killed Off Way Too Soon

If you're looking to bring to life two cool characters, then you could do a lot worse than casting Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson. The two played Detectives Danson and Highsmith in 2010's The Other Guys, and were genuinely one of the best aspects of the entire thing.

Designed to be the badasses to end all badasses, the film opened with them in pursuit of a group of villains, and the chase had it all. Action, quippy one-liners, and obviously Jackson and Johnson themselves.

Of course, they were never supposed to be the focal point of The Other Guys. They were there to help show just how far down the pecking order Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz were in the NYPD, and their deaths created a gap that gave Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg's characters something to aim for. Jumping off the building to their deaths was hilarious, and yes, it made sense in the wider story, but who didn't want to see more of Danson and Highsmith?

This was essentially a tease of a buddy cop comedy with Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson, which feels like it would be a license to print money. Add in the fact that, although they were barely in the film for ten minutes, they were easily the most memorable part, and you have to think that maybe this was a missed opportunity.