Does James Marsden’s agent have something against him? For the majority of his career, Marsden has played characters that are the equivalent of tapioca pudding.
He was the nice guy who Rachel McAdams dumps for Ryan Gosling in “The Notebook.” Then he was the nice guy Lois Lane hooked up with while Superman was away in “Superman Returns.” More recently, he’s played Sonic’s adopted dad in the “Sonic the Hedgehog” films, a fellow whose personality consists solely of being nice and panicking whenever Sonic gets into trouble.
Heck, Marsden’s android character in the titular park on “Westworld,” Teddy, literally has no identity outside of being the nice guy boyfriend for Evan Rachel Wood’s Dolores.
He’s essentially the Ken to her Barbie (and that’s Tedough).The trouble arguably started with Marsden’s breakout turn as Scott Summers/Cyclops in “X-Men.” Despite being a prominent member of Professor Xavier’s superhero team in Marvel’s comic books,…
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