Ben Mendelsohn as the Sheriff of Nottingham Highlights new Robin Hood Images

There aren’t many actors around capable of playing a villain so transfixing and yet so damn bad you want them to be in every scene and get their comeuppance immediately. Ben Mendelsohn is one of those actors. After making his name playing the almost supernaturally twisted Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody in David Michôd’s vicious Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom, Mendelsohn has been on Hollywood’s shortlist as one of the best actors in the world at being bad.