We Can Be Heroes
With the proliferation of superhero movies over the last couple decades, it might seem like every actor you can think of has been in at least one such film. But there are some big name stars whose IMDB pages are bereft of such films. They are...
Jennifer Aniston
Can't you just see the Hulk yelling "We were on a break" and then smashing something? Maybe it's just us.
Netflix, Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
Matthew Perry
Aniston's Friends co-star once pitched Mattman—a semi-autobiographical superhero project—to director Adam McKay.
Tom Cruise
He climbed up the side of a building like Spiderman in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and flew at super speeds like Superman in Top Gun. But an official superhero movie has yet to be graced by the Cruise man.
Paramount, Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Emma Watson
Hermione basically has the word "hero" right in it.
Warner Bros., Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Emily Blunt
She hasn't been in one and doesn't seem that interested in being in one, having been quoted as calling the genre "exhausted".
Keke Palmer
Palmer has put it out there that she wants to be Rogue from X-Men. Will it happen?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Hey, if Martin Scorsese ever does a superhero movie, then maybe DiCaprio would be in one. But given what Scorsese has said in the past about such films, we're not getting our hopes up.
Twentieth Century Fox, Titanic (1997)
Regé-Jean Page
He did lend his voice to a couple episodes of The Sandman: Act II podcast. But given how loud the online calls are for him to get a superhero movie role, we can imagine it's only a matter of time.
Winona Ryder
Beetlejuice wasn't a superhero, was he?
Warner Bros., Beetlejuice (1988)
Denzel Washington
It's been reported that Washington turned down an offer from the MCU to play a supervillain in the Fantastic Four reboot set for 2025.
Dev Patel
It was a super heroic feat the way he answered all those questions correctly in Slumdog Millionaire. But that doesn't count.
Film4, Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Hunter Schafer
The Euphoria star still has a bright career ahead of her—and who knows, maybe a superhero movie is part of that future.
David Tennant
He did play the mind-controlling Kilgrave in the Jessica Jones Netflix series. But he hasn't made it to the superhero big screen yet.
Netflix, Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
Meryl Streep
The greatest actress of her generation, Meryl Streep has done it all. Well, almost all.
Thandiwe Newton
She did show up in Solo: A Star Wars Story. But again...not a superhero movie. Right?
Lucasfilm, Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Jeremy Allen White
His cooking skills on The Bear are superhuman, but White has yet to parlay his TV fame into a superhero movie.
FX Productions, The Bear (2022-)
Leslie Mann
Were her husband Judd Apatow to direct a superhero movie, we're sure there'd be a role for his very talented wife. She's also worked with Paul Rudd before, so come on Rudd—get her a part in one of those Ant-Man movies (if you make any more of them).
Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maude Apatow
Like mother, like daughter.
Ryan Gosling
He can sing and dance and as his La La Land co-star Emma Stone (and the rest of us) saw in Crazy, Stupid, Love, he looks great with his shirt off. A superhero movie is just a matter of time, right?
Warner Bros., Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Rashida Jones
While primarily known as a TV actor, we think Jones would fit perfectly into a superhero movie.
Timothée Chalamet
Dune and Wonka are just steps away from superheroes, don't you think?
Helena Bonham Carter
She was married to Tim Burton for 13 years and has been in many of his films—but their marriage came after he'd made his Batman movies.
Jacob Elordi
He's another one of the Euphoria cast who seems like a perfect fit for some kinda role in a superhero movie.
Olivia Cooke
Those who've seen her on House of the Dragon could see her fitting into a superhero movie rather comfortably.
HBO, House of the Dragon (2022-)
Johnny Depp
Are pirates the superheroes of the sea? Maybe the supervillains?
Walt Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Ncuti Gatwa
Is his role as the 15th incarnation of Doctor Who good practice for a superhero movie in the future? Maybe.
Disney+, Doctor Who (2023–2025)
Keanu Reeves
Yes, we know he voiced Batman in DC League of Super-Pets, but as far as live-action is concerned, the question with Reeves really comes down to whether you consider The Matrix a superhero movie or not.
Warner Bros., The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Jon Hamm
The Mad Men star really wants to be in a superhero movie and has even pitched different ideas to the folks at Marvel. We can't imagine a world where this doesn't happen at some point.
Lionsgate, Mad Men (2007–2015)
Sandra Bullock
Bullock once told Jimmy Kimmel that she was offered a non-Marvel or DC superhero movie but her 11-year-old son told her not to do it.
Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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