7) Colin Farrell
Farrell is the second current True Detective actor on this list, but delivered his cringe-worthy performance of Daredevil nemesis Bullseye six years before Kitsch’s Gambit came onto the scene.
On paper, Farrell starring as the deadly psychopathic assassin sounds like a homerun. But, like most everything in the 2003 disaster, Farrell’s performance was terrible and will forever be remembered as one of the biggest misfires in comic book movie history.
In the years since, Farrell has proven himself to be a pretty good character actor, so perhaps with a better script and less campy role, he could actually hit his mark.
6) Andrew Garfield
Of all the complaints lauded at Marc Webb’s two Amazing Spider-Man films, the casting of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker was not one of them. In fact, many consider Garfield’s casting to be one of the best the superhero genre has had to offer.
Unfortunately, Garfield’s charisma and talent were not enough to keep The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from delivering disappointing box office returns (by Spider-Man standards at least, as $700 million is nothing to shake a stick at) and bad reviews from fans and critics alike.
So, despite being the best Peter Parker we’ve seen on screen, Garfield has been forced to hand over the wall-crawler’s red and blue spandex to another actor, young Tom Holland, who will take the reins of the second Spider-Man reboot in five years.
Unlike many of the actors on this list, Garfield did not deliver a bad performance, but was instead cursed with leading a doomed franchise. He completely deserves another shot at a superhero film – it’ll just take some time for us to get over the loss.
