Between Orson Krennic in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an evil corporate tycoon in Ready Player One, and the Sheriff of Nottingham in 2018’s Robin Hood, it’s safe to say that Ben Mendelsohn has a monopoly on playing over-the-top eccentric villains.
Marvel fans would be forgiven for initially expecting his character Talos in Captain Marvel to be a villain when the real twist was that he was one of the heroes! While those films are a great use of Mendelsohn’s ability to steal a scene, they’re not the best representation of his abilities as an actor; he’s shown in films like Mississippi Grind and Babyteeth that he can play complex anti-heroes.
Long before he got to wear green alien makeup on Secret Invasion, Mendelsohn proved that he could add a complex, dark element to a prestige television show with his work on Netflix’s crime series Bloodline as Danny Rayburn.
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