There are plenty of actors out there who are content to stay in their lane. That's not an insult — plenty of genuinely good actors are perfectly aware that they have a type, and don't see the need to challenge it. After all, when you're lucky enough to find a niche in Hollywood, why not stick to it? Michael Fassbender, on the other hand, is an interesting performer precisely because he so frequently switches between genres, doing a superhero blockbuster one minute and a sexy independent film the next. Unafraid of taking on characters who are complicated, unlikable, or even despicable, Fassbender is equally at home playing the hero or the villain of any piece; in some cases, he's even able to bring us around to the villain's point of view. The one genre he really hasn't worked in is comedy,

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