21 Perfect Superhero Movie Casting Choices That Nailed Their Characters

2. Jackie Earle Haley As Rorschach - Watchmen

Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.

This whole film was a panel-to-panel love letter to Watchmen and the world it created, and no actor nailed their part better than Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach.One of the most morally and psychologically complex characters in the comic book medium, Rorschach's vigilante escapades could have easily been misread or misinterpreted by a deluge of actors rushing to cash-in on the comic book movie renaissance, but the page to screen transition went ahead exquisitely when Haley got the role.

Whilst empathetic in most instances, Walter Kovacs is by no means an easy personality to approach. The many nuances, mannerisms and experiences the character retains in the film are largely indebted to Haley and his faithful recreation of the trilby-clad vigilante.

Working with such a morally questionable protagonist isn't a task easily accomplished, but in this case, it more than paid off.

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