6. Michael Biehn
To so many, a legend. Star of 1980s behemoths The Terminator and Aliens, Biehn was a ready-made star; chiselled good looks, a raspingly sexy voice and a penchant for beating up bad guys from outer space and the future! Good roles in Tombstone and The Rock followed but then something started to go wrong. Independent films, television and video game work has followed but Biehn seems strangely side-lined by a movie industry now set on making former action heroes current again. If even Michael Dudikoff (remember him??) can show signs of a comeback surely the door is open for Biehn? So What Next? Another that could benefit from Liam Neeson and Denzel Washingtons resurgent and continuing popularity, a Taken-like role would be perfect. Rumours of a part in Neill Blomkamp's untitled Alien project are certainly exciting, and one of the many films Biehn is linked with could breakthrough and re-establish him in the mainstream. Failing that, come on Sly, this man has to be an Expendable!
John Townsend
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Film fan, horror obsessive and defender of found footage; The Blair Witch Project is one of the most important films of all time - fact! Squeeze in the odd book too.
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