Bill Nighy: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

2. Matthias - Total Recall (2012)

If you€™d like to see a film where Bill Nighy€™s brain looks asleep at the wheel, look no farther. The Total Recall remake - not that there was ever a need for it in the first place - squandered a lot of potential, not least of which was the appearance of Bill Nighy.

Clearly bored to tears by the drab production design and lifeless performance of Colin Farrell in front of him, Nighy all but looks to have given up in his appearance as freedom fighter Matthias, and was probably rather thankful that his character exits almost as soon as he appears.

Although brief, the appearance still warrants inclusion here because of how dead behind the eyes Nighy looks the whole time - something you rarely see with him.

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Cinephile since 1993, aged 4, when he saw his very first film in the cinema - Jurassic Park - which is also evidence of damn fine parenting. World champion at Six Degrees of Separation. Lender of DVDs to cheap mates. Connoisseur of Marvel Comics and its Cinematic Universe.