20 Hugely Unexpected Roles In Upcoming Movies
11. Toni Collette (xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage)
The Role: Collette will play a high-ranking bureaucrat pulling strings behind-the-scenes, though there's currently no indication whether she's a hero or villain.
Why It's Unexpected: The presence of Collette and Samuel L. Jackson gives this xXx sequel two more Oscar nominees than it ever needed, but while Jackson is a more natural fit for something like this (and appeared in the two prior movies), Collette just sticks out like a sore thumb. Action of this sort really isn't her forte at all.
Will It Work?: Collette will probably only have a few scenes and it'll be a blatant paycheck role for her, so it'll work in terms of her fitting the suited-up, hard-a** stuffed shirt, but you probably won't remember she was in it by this time next year.