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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our top 10 picks for
the most unlikely action stars please be
advised this clip contains mature
content and just to be clear we’re
shining a spotlight on the unlikely
movie actors who defined themselves in
other genres but decided to get their
hands dirty as action heroes capable of
busting heads my hands are a little
dirty so on line number 10 Michael Cera
Scott Pilgrim vs. the world kicking off
our list is the kid who we all know best
from the awkward teen comedy roles in
Superbad and you know that possibly suck
I’d be psyched if I got in with her you
got like two dozen hand jobs yes and
three-quarters of blowjob but who’s
counting and then Sarah had successfully
portrayed himself as a pathetic weakling
so we couldn’t help but be surprised at
his casting as the super cool
bass-playing slacker with major kung fu
cred from the comics
despite his special brand of awkwardness
he did manage to showcase some major
skills number nine seth rogen the green
hornet this chubby and gruff voice funny
man is best known for his raunchy
comedies like knocked up
however after dabbling in some
outrageous action in the finale of 2008
pineapple express the actor decided to
personally reboot the superhero The
Green Hornet of course he brought his
own brand of humor to the fights while
playing the classic masked crime fighter
number 8 John Cusack Conair Grosse
Pointe blank who doesn’t associate this
guy with romance best known as the lover
holding up the stereo and say anything
1997 was the year that Cusack decided to
take a stab at the action genre he did
so by playing a gun wielding US Marshal
in Conair and a skilled hit man looking
to exit the business in Grosse Pointe
blank can’t imagine him in a fight well
there’s no need to imagine number 7
Meryl Streep the river wild she’s the
most talented and critically acclaimed
actress of all time and is best known
for well pretty much everything q are
surprised when she took on the
physically demanding gig as a rafter
whose family is taken hostage leading
her to navigate Rapids at gunpoint
before turning the tables on her captors
and showing Kevin Bacon who’s boss
number six Liam Neeson taken this
veteran Irish movie star is unique from
others on the list he had dabbled in the
action genre with such films as dark man
Rob Roy and Star Wars but his
sensitivity and strong acting abilities
have always kept us noticing him
elsewhere imagine our surprise when he
completely redefined himself as a
marketable action star with taken
seriously though who ever imagined that
bad guys would be made to fear the wrath
of Schindler’s fist I will look for you
I will find you
and I will kill you number-5 ryan
gosling drive this pretty boy from the
Mickey Mouse Club defined himself as a
student in breaker high and as a
heartthrob in the notebook however it
was his role in Drive that redefined the
man changing his career trajectory and
landing him on the Gangster Squad we bet
his female fans never imagined seeing
their favorite sweetheart boy do this to
another human being but then again we
doubt they care looms away number 4
Geena Davis cutthroat island and the
long kiss goodnight this Sweetheart
actress went from being in a league of
her own as a comedy star to becoming a
swashbuckling lady in cutthroat island
which allowed her to fight alongside the
boys despite it turning out to be one of
the biggest box-office bombs of all time
let any man who were challenged to me
bra that even more incredibly the
following year she transformed into the
world’s deadliest spy in the long kiss
goodnight and showed samuel l.jackson
who’s the real bad mother
number 3 puma Thurman Kill Bill this
actress similarly came from a more
dramatic background while few would have
labeled her action star material her
quest for bloody vengeance in Kill Bill
had us wondering how we could have ever
doubted her hacking and slashing her way
into our hearts we can overlook her
cringe-worthy attempt at getting into
action in 1998 The Avengers
we’re not surprised you don’t remember
that one
number two Michael Keaton Batman hi
Bruce Wayne
how are you Chua yeah this time
Keaton made a career out of lending his
twitchy persona to films like mr. mom
and Beetlejuice lacking the handsome
features and the height that was
required no one was even close to
prepared for director Tim Burton’s
decision to cast the physically
unassuming actor as the Dark Knight in
fact comic fans wrote thousands of
letters to protest the decision but as
it turns out he had a few tricks in his
utility belt wait a little more than 180
Oh real let’s go number one Matt Damon
the Bourne trilogy taking the top spot
on our list is the actor who played a
genius in Good Will Hunting a poker star
and rounders and a golfer in the Legend
of Bagger Vance his move to action was
especially unexpected and frankly
necessary as his career had stalled and
needed a good kick in the rear though
many thought that he was bound to wind
up in silly rom-coms and mellow dramas
nowadays it seems that he was born for
action
which actor is the last person you ever
imagined to see try their luck as an
action star for more entertaining top
10s be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com it wasn’t personal it was
all personal to me
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our top 10 picks for
the most unlikely action stars please be
advised this clip contains mature
content and just to be clear we’re
shining a spotlight on the unlikely
movie actors who defined themselves in
other genres but decided to get their
hands dirty as action heroes capable of
busting heads my hands are a little
dirty so on line number 10 Michael Cera
Scott Pilgrim vs. the world kicking off
our list is the kid who we all know best
from the awkward teen comedy roles in
Superbad and you know that possibly suck
I’d be psyched if I got in with her you
got like two dozen hand jobs yes and
three-quarters of blowjob but who’s
counting and then Sarah had successfully
portrayed himself as a pathetic weakling
so we couldn’t help but be surprised at
his casting as the super cool
bass-playing slacker with major kung fu
cred from the comics
despite his special brand of awkwardness
he did manage to showcase some major
skills number nine seth rogen the green
hornet this chubby and gruff voice funny
man is best known for his raunchy
comedies like knocked up
however after dabbling in some
outrageous action in the finale of 2008
pineapple express the actor decided to
personally reboot the superhero The
Green Hornet of course he brought his
own brand of humor to the fights while
playing the classic masked crime fighter
number 8 John Cusack Conair Grosse
Pointe blank who doesn’t associate this
guy with romance best known as the lover
holding up the stereo and say anything
1997 was the year that Cusack decided to
take a stab at the action genre he did
so by playing a gun wielding US Marshal
in Conair and a skilled hit man looking
to exit the business in Grosse Pointe
blank can’t imagine him in a fight well
there’s no need to imagine number 7
Meryl Streep the river wild she’s the
most talented and critically acclaimed
actress of all time and is best known
for well pretty much everything q are
surprised when she took on the
physically demanding gig as a rafter
whose family is taken hostage leading
her to navigate Rapids at gunpoint
before turning the tables on her captors
and showing Kevin Bacon who’s boss
number six Liam Neeson taken this
veteran Irish movie star is unique from
others on the list he had dabbled in the
action genre with such films as dark man
Rob Roy and Star Wars but his
sensitivity and strong acting abilities
have always kept us noticing him
elsewhere imagine our surprise when he
completely redefined himself as a
marketable action star with taken
seriously though who ever imagined that
bad guys would be made to fear the wrath
of Schindler’s fist I will look for you
I will find you
and I will kill you number-5 ryan
gosling drive this pretty boy from the
Mickey Mouse Club defined himself as a
student in breaker high and as a
heartthrob in the notebook however it
was his role in Drive that redefined the
man changing his career trajectory and
landing him on the Gangster Squad we bet
his female fans never imagined seeing
their favorite sweetheart boy do this to
another human being but then again we
doubt they care looms away number 4
Geena Davis cutthroat island and the
long kiss goodnight this Sweetheart
actress went from being in a league of
her own as a comedy star to becoming a
swashbuckling lady in cutthroat island
which allowed her to fight alongside the
boys despite it turning out to be one of
the biggest box-office bombs of all time
let any man who were challenged to me
bra that even more incredibly the
following year she transformed into the
world’s deadliest spy in the long kiss
goodnight and showed samuel l.jackson
who’s the real bad mother
number 3 puma Thurman Kill Bill this
actress similarly came from a more
dramatic background while few would have
labeled her action star material her
quest for bloody vengeance in Kill Bill
had us wondering how we could have ever
doubted her hacking and slashing her way
into our hearts we can overlook her
cringe-worthy attempt at getting into
action in 1998 The Avengers
we’re not surprised you don’t remember
that one
number two Michael Keaton Batman hi
Bruce Wayne
how are you Chua yeah this time
Keaton made a career out of lending his
twitchy persona to films like mr. mom
and Beetlejuice lacking the handsome
features and the height that was
required no one was even close to
prepared for director Tim Burton’s
decision to cast the physically
unassuming actor as the Dark Knight in
fact comic fans wrote thousands of
letters to protest the decision but as
it turns out he had a few tricks in his
utility belt wait a little more than 180
Oh real let’s go number one Matt Damon
the Bourne trilogy taking the top spot
on our list is the actor who played a
genius in Good Will Hunting a poker star
and rounders and a golfer in the Legend
of Bagger Vance his move to action was
especially unexpected and frankly
necessary as his career had stalled and
needed a good kick in the rear though
many thought that he was bound to wind
up in silly rom-coms and mellow dramas
nowadays it seems that he was born for
action
which actor is the last person you ever
imagined to see try their luck as an
action star for more entertaining top
10s be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com it wasn’t personal it was
all personal to me
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