2. Michael Fassbender
But everyone already knows Firth is a star. He will be hard to miss if his potential pays off. This list is here to guide savvy moviegoers who don't want to miss the next big thing happening right now. For you savvy folks out there you need only know one name -
Michael Fassbender. Michael Fassbender is going to be big, BIG big. Anyone who has seen him can tell he will be a forced to be reckoned with in acting for years to come. From his unflinching portrayal of hunger striking
IRA activist in
Steve McQueen IIIs impressive debut film
Hunger to this years standout performance as the young
Magneto in X-Men: First Class Fassbender has been impressing anyone and everyone who has stopped to take the time to admire his fantastic name, but what holds the ultra-talented Michael Fassbender back from the first spot on this list is every persons worst enemy, time. Fassbender has been nothing short of fantastic in his limited screen time. We know he is bound for great things, but with only a handful of movies under his belt and relatively little public recognition up to this point its difficult to imagine him receiving the same amount of opportunities everyone else on this list will certainly garner. But even limited opportunities wont be able to slow the surely meteoric rise of Mr. Fassbender's. He has been so good in everything he's appeared in so far; His next movie could be directed by
M. Night Shyamalan and Id still go see it in a theater. Well, on second thought, maybe Id just rent it, or, better yet, wait to catch it on cable. The lesson here isn't that Michael Fassbender has limitations; it's that no one can save M. Night Shyamalan from himself, not even Michael Fassbender, but for any other project expect nothing short of Midas touch. Fassbender is gold.