15 Actors Who Desperately Need A Hit

Google "wasted potential" and you'll probably find a gallery of Nicolas Cage images. Despite winning an Oscar and having a wealth of box office smashes behind him, Cage is mostly in the straight-to-video doldrums these days, churning out weirdly expensive thrillers that largely don't seem to recoup their cost.

His only big theatrical hits from the last five years are animated film The Croods (which wasn't sold on him showing up) and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance...which was terrible enough that it pretty much killed the franchise regardless.

Quite why a third National Treasure film hasn't materialised yet, considering that the first two grossed over $800 million combined, is truly baffling. Nevertheless, Cage is far too talented to continue wasting his skills on bargain bin garbage, so hopefully he'll bounce back over the next few years.