Movie Cooties and Marquee Names

Over at his blog, Jason Pinter, aka The Man in Black, asks people whether Mel Gibson's (and Tom Cruise's) recent forays into general fuckwittedness will cause people to avoid their movies.

As I stated in the comments, it really doesn't make any difference to me. The fact that Tom or Mel is in a movie doesn't, in itself, make that movie more or less interesting to me. If the movie interests me, I won't NOT see it because Mel Gibson's in it. If I see a trailer for a movie that, for some reason, grabs my attention, but I see Tom Cruise's name on the credits, I won't go, "Euuuuw! Tom Cruise! He has movie cooties!" On the other hand, their names on the marquees don't make me say "I MUST see this! NOW!"

Which begs the question: who ARE your marquee names? Which actors or actresses WILL draw you to a movie, even if you might be dubious at best about its plot, subject matter, etc.?

Who are the actors who, as the saying goes, you'd pay to see read a phone book?

My own: Robert Duvall. John Cusack. Nicolas Cage. Alan Rickman. Michael Caine. William H. Macy.

Will Ferell's getting there, although after the suck-fest that was Bewitched, I'm still wary. Steve Carell looks promising.

Oddly, there are very few actresses left in this category for me. Frances McDormand and Maria Bello are the only ones who come immediately to mind. Holly Hunter used to be one, but she seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.

The floor is open for your nominations....