11 Actors Who Should Take Over Indiana Jones

6. Zazie Beetz

Idris Elba Indiana Jones
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Beetz was one of the breakout performers from Donald Glover's FX series, Atlanta and her star has been rising ever since.

In one of that show's finest episodes, Value, Beetz gets to take on the starring role and knocks it out of the park. Her performance as a struggling mother looking to reconcile the distance between her desires and her responsibilities is deeply affecting and all rooted in a genuine sense of realism.

Beetz's star is about to ascend to an even higher plane, with the upcoming release of Deadpool 2. In that film, she plays the character of Domino, and judging from the trailers alone, she looks to be getting in on more than her fair share of action sequences. Beetz is also signed up for several further Deadpool or X-Force-related films to come, set to take over as one of the leading performances in the series.

Even in the schlock-fest that was Geostorm, Beetz gave what was far and away the best performance.

She brings a sense of authenticity to every performance she gives, anchoring them in places of genuine emotion and motivation, much like Ford. Ford was never one for bells and whistles when it came to the art of performing, yet he devoted untold amounts of work into rooting each and every performance into something real and tangible.

With one action franchise already gearing up for her, Beetz would be an excellent choice to carry on the Jones franchise.

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