question of the day: Does the casting of Adrien Brody and Topher Grace as action heroes signal a shift in action movies?

Well - I thought James McAvoy was the most unlikely when cast in 'Wanted' and he rocked in that. I can see Brody and Grace pulling it off as well.

this comes up every once in while remember Keanu Reeves, John Cusack, Nic Cage and Johnny Depp? all not your typical action stars yet they've all done action movies - that's where the paychecks are

Topher Grace was the only funny thing in Ocean's 12 - "that Dennis Quaid movie? I totally phoned that in" cracks me up every time

Elijah Wood in Sin City

James McAvoy in Wanted

Joseph Gordon Levitt in GI Joe

Heck, Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Granted, he was somewhat more physically toned, but he was still much more vulnerable than other action stars of the time.

I recently saw Spiderman 3 for the first time, and no disrespect to Tobey Maguire, but throughout the movie, I just kept thinking it was SO CLEAR that Topher Grace should have been cast as Peter Parker/Spiderman from the get-go.

Let me get this straight: Predator vs. a serial killer? That's almost creative. Predator vs. Hannibal Lecter. Hmmm. Sort of a Superman vs. Batman question.

But are there two less likely action heroes that Brody and Grace?

Michael C. Hall and Jack Coleman?

Anything to get rid of the soft slobs Russell Crowe and Gerard Butler.