14 Upcoming Movies That Will Probably Waste Awesome Actors

9. Ben Mendelsohn - Robin Hood

Robin Hood Ben Mendelsohn
Summit Entertainment

The Role: Robin Hood's (Taron Egerton) arch nemesis, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

Much like Christoph Waltz, Ben Mendelsohn is an actor whose stock in Hollywood has risen significantly over the last few years, but he's been mostly relegated to playing mediocre villain roles in the likes of The Dark Knight Rises, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Ready Player One.

The atrocious-looking new Robin Hood reboot looks set to continue the trend, sadly, for as wonderful an actor as he is, there's absolutely nothing in the movie's marketing that suggests this is anything more than an easy payday for him.

You can't really blame the guy, but it seems he'll have to wait until next year's Captain Marvel - where he's reportedly playing villainous alien commander Yon-Rogg - to sink his teeth into a beefy blockbuster role.

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