11 Actors Who Should Take Over Indiana Jones

8. Olivia Cooke

Idris Elba Indiana Jones
Warner Bros.

Olivia Cooke deserves to be one of the biggest stars in the world right now.

In the past few months alone, Cooke has delivered not one but two breakout performances. Her role as a distant, unfeeling sociopath in Thoroughbreds was downright mesmerizing and her performance as Art3mis in Ready Player One was the stand-out of the whole film.

Thoroughbreds saw her mining psychological and emotional depths with the precision of a veteran actor and Ready Player One saw her balancing an emotionally-driven performance with all the stuntwork and spectacle of a Spielberg blockbuster. And both projects saw her showing off her comedic chops, albeit, in very different ways.

So she's got the acting chops, she knows how to incorporate meaning and motivation into stuntwork and action sequences, and she's got great comedic talents. And on top of all of that, she's a Spielberg nut who's been gushing about his work in every interview lately and constantly reiterated that she would give anything to work with him again. So here's her chance.

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