My Ranking of All 18 Actors That Were Considered for the Role of Black Mask Ranked from Least Likely to Most Likely to Play Him

 My ranking of all 18 actors that were considered for the role of Black Mask ranked from least likely to most likely to play him. 

18. John C Riley

17. James Franco

16. Billy Bob Thornton

15. Shia LaBeouf

14. Sam Rockwell

13. Sharlto Copley 

12. Jason Statham

11. Nicolas Cage

10. John Malkovich

9. Tom Hardy

8. Kevin Bacon

7. Jake Gyllenhaal

6. Ben Mendelsohn

5. Michael Fassbender

4. John Hamm

3. Robert De Niro

2. Mads Mikkisen

1.  Michael Shannon