 In November 2010, "The Hollywood Reporter" named Kitsch as one of the young male actors who are "pushing – or being pushed" into taking over Hollywood as the new "A-List".In the 2012 Disney film "John Carter", based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's fantasy novel "A Princess of Mars", he played the title character, a Confederate soldier who is transported to Mars.Despite the film's failure at the box office, Kitsch said, "I'm very proud of "John Carter".