Zendaya In “Spider-Man,” Kristen Stewart In “Twilight,” And 19 Other Roles That Wasted Actors’ Time And Talents

It’s pretty disappointing when you’re hyped up for your favorite actor’s newest role, only for their talent to be totally wasted onscreen.

Recently, Redditor u/sheerduckinghubris asked, “Who is such a gifted actor who was absolutely wasted in their acting role?”

Here are 21 of the top responses:

1.

“Zendaya as MJ in the Spider-Man movies. Like, please give the girl something to work with.”

4.

“Gary Oldman as Vladislav Dukhovich in The Hitman’s Bodyguard. He is given like one good scene to really portray his character, and it’s great, but then he’s just a background piece the rest of the movie.”

5.

“Christian Bale as Gorr the God-Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder.”

6.

“Christopher Eccleston as Malekith in Thor: The Dark World. What a complete waste.”

7.

“Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who.”

8.

“Matt Smith can act. It’s just that every time he tries to become a bigger name by being in a blockbuster movie, he’s gotten stuck with roles where he can’t really do his thing or is barely present to do anything [such as Lucien in Morbius].”

9.

“Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in Twilight.”

10.

“John C. Reilly in basically every project he’s ever done with Will Ferrell [such as Step Brothers and Anchorman].”

11.

“Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man.”

12.

“If they want to bring the ’00s X-Men movies back, instead of digging up Hugh Jackman every couple of years, can we please redeem Halle Berry as the awesome Storm she should have been?”

13.

“Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse in that god-awful X-Men: Apocalypse shitshow.”

14.

“The inimitable Stanley Tucci was in Pauly Shore’s Jury Duty as Frank/Billy.”

15.

“Andrew Scott as C in Spectre.”

16.

“Colman Domingo as Victor Strand in Fear the Walking Dead.”

17.

“James Marsters as King Piccolo in that abomination Dragonball Evolution.”

18.

“Jeremy Irons as Mage Profion in the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie.”

19.

“Raul Julia as General M. Bison in Street Fighter.”

20.

“I was really looking forward to seeing Wes Chatham as Enoch in Ahsoka because he was so good in The Expanse, and then he was not only barely in it, he was stuck inside a helmet.”

21.

And finally: “Alan Tudyk as Hei Hei in Moana.”

Which other talented actors do you think were totally wasted in certain roles? Why? Share your thoughts in the comments!

Note: Some responses have been edited for length/clarity.