Source: cinemablend.com
3. Scarlett Johansson
(Black Widow, MCU/Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell/Rebecca, Ghost World/Silken Floss, The Spirit)
Another person with way more comic book character performances on record than I'd originally thought!
The most notable is Johansson's signature role as Black Widow, a part she's played since Iron Man 2. Widow is one of the most loyal Avengers, and has been right there with the team since the beginning. She's also racked up quite a few performances with her supporting roles in the aforementioned Iron Man 2 and the two Captain America sequels.
On the other end of the spectrum was her controversial turn as Motoko Kusanagi in the American film based on anime and manga. While her casting was the source of much uproar, that wasn’t really her fault. Yes, she shouldn't have been offered the role, but she did the best she could with it.
Rebecca in the adaptation of Daniel Clowes' comic Ghost World was a better role. Clowes' stuff may not be for me, but I see its importance. And Rebecca has struck a chord with a generation of disaffected youths.
But back on the negative end, we have Johansson's turn as Silken Floss in The Spirit. Floss was the surgeon/nuclear physicist partner of The Spirit's archnemesis, The Octopus, and that’s all I'm gonna say. Not a great movie.
Source: cosmicbooknews.com
2. Josh Brolin
(Cable, Deadpool 2/Jonah Hex, Jonah Hex/Dwight McCarthy, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For/Thanos, MCU/Agent K, Men in Black 3)
I like Josh Brolin. He’s good in many things.
Unfortunately, this poor dude has been in some dreck. He signed to play Cable in the upcoming Deadpool 2, which should be a great role. Brolin playing up the straight man thing to Ryan Reynolds' wackier Deadpool will be a good time. And while he hasn't had much of a chance to show it off, his limited appearances tell me he'll be a pretty rad Thanos. I'm looking forward to watching him in the upcoming Avengers film. It'll be great!!
Buuuuuuut his other two parts have been lesser than. Jonah Hex was one of the forgotten pre-DCEU DC movies that managed to screw up so much at such a deep level by giving its protagonist superpowers for literally no reason. Just make him Jonah Hex. People like Jonah Hex. People don't need him to talk to the dead or whatever.
Also, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was a boring, deeply uninteresting slog. Brolin was cast as Dwight, by far the least interesting of Sin City's revolving band of protagonists. The combination wasn't pretty.
He also played a young Agent Kay in the lackluster, but still better than the second one, Men in Black threequel. But hey, Cable and Thanos are great roles!
