10 Great Casts Who Wasted Their Talent On Bad Movies

5) Green Lantern

As the superhero genre grows, so does the list of Oscar-worthy talent that have gravitated toward it. There was a time when actors saw starring or even appearing in a comic book film “beneath them,” but that has dramatically changed in today’s superhero-driven landscape. Now, comic book films are chock-full of Academy Award-winning and nominated talent, including Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey, Jr., Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Adams and more.

Unfortunately, even a great cast doesn’t mean that you’ll get an enjoyable comic book film. Warner Brothers’ 2011 abomination Green Lantern is proof of that. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular hero, who’s surrounded by high-profile talent like Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins, Clancy Brown, Michael Clarke Duncan and Geoffrey Rush.

Director Martin Campbell just couldn’t get a grasp on Green Lantern’s fantastical elements, and failed to let his cast ground the proceedings. Instead, he covers most of them in bad makeup or poorly rendered CGI. That’s probably best for them though, because the more distance they can put between themselves and this mess, the better.