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Post by Van Plexico on Jan 17, 2007 15:34:47 GMT -5
Gwynneth Paltrow is Pepper Potts!! I am not making this up!! Variety is reporting it today.
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Post by Shiryu on Jan 17, 2007 20:30:18 GMT -5
It has been reported by other websites too, including Newsarama.
It's an interesting choice, and I think I like it (and her as an actress ^^). This also marks the first time a really famous actor is on a Marvel movie I think...
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Post by Nutcase65 on Mar 14, 2007 16:05:47 GMT -5
I am so glad to find this thread. Here is the proper place to air this quest ROBERT DOWNEY JR?  ? WHAT?!?!?!?!? c'mon, I know that someone else has to agree Stark = tall and goodlooking Downey = short and trollish Plus Stark's weakness is alcohol not multiple drugs. We all know there is only one man to play Tony Stark. Tom Selleck, no matter how old he is. |
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Post by Tana Nile on Mar 17, 2007 20:54:57 GMT -5
I am so glad to find this thread. Here is the proper place to air this quest ROBERT DOWNEY JR? ? WHAT?!?!?!?!? c'mon, I know that someone else has to agree Stark = tall and goodlooking Downey = short and trollish Plus Stark's weakness is alcohol not multiple drugs. We all know there is only one man to play Tony Stark. Tom Selleck, no matter how old he is. yeah, Downey took me by surprise too. I think the guy is a talented actor, but not my choice for IM. Either of the other two actors I heard mentioned before him -Tom Cruise or Leonardo DiCaprio - would have worked better for me. I am no Cruise fan; I think he is an actor of limited ability, but I think he could make the whole "genius/billionaire playboy" work. And DiCaprio is a good actor and certainly good looking enough to be convincing. |
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Post by Nutcase65 on Mar 17, 2007 21:29:18 GMT -5
One of the things that get me with this, and I would've been ticked by Cruise as well, is just like the saelection of Batman, size IS important.
Stark is not a shorty.
I can't see shorter guys playing this role.
Maybe Downey will be able to bring the acting chops to make up for it, we'll see.
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Post by uberwolf on Mar 17, 2007 22:05:08 GMT -5
We all know there is only one man to play Tony Stark. Tom Selleck, no matter how old he is. Dude, Tom Selleck is tooo old. Get over it, heh. |
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Post by Nutcase65 on Mar 18, 2007 16:28:35 GMT -5
I refuse to come to reality. Magnum P.I. never gets old. If he's old then that means,.. I'm,..getting,...  |
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Post by uberwolf on Mar 18, 2007 23:29:08 GMT -5
I refuse to come to reality. Magnum P.I. never gets old. If he's old then that means,.. I'm,..getting,... I reject your reality and substitute my own. |
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 10, 2007 21:03:31 GMT -5
dredging this up again I want to say this. Selleck was in friends about 6 years ago, and still looked good. I could still see him in the armor. I can't honestly see anyone else in it. You think of Stark you get the image of him as he has always been in the books. You alwas see the stache. I hope I will wind up eating my words, I really do. But Downey is too short to fit the role for me. Even if he grows a moustache it'll be a different look. I've been waiting so long for this movie, and I'm dissappointed before I see it. Yes I know that's a crappy attitude and I need to wait and see but,... |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 10, 2007 21:48:12 GMT -5
I always envisioned a different Tom on the role: Cruise, and yes, I'm aware he's another shortie...
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 10, 2007 21:53:20 GMT -5
Ahhhhh man, they're gonna have to put training wheels on the armor.
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Post by uberwolf on Apr 11, 2007 18:49:51 GMT -5
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Post by Tana Nile on Apr 11, 2007 19:12:22 GMT -5
Holy cow, that actually looks just like the original "spam in a can" gray suit! Could it be that this film is actually going to try to stay close to its' comic roots? This has definitely increased my interest. Although of course, I hope/imagine we'll see the classic red and gold later on in the film.
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 11, 2007 20:09:59 GMT -5
gotta agree with Tana. My hope was fading, but they put good faith into this.
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Post by Doctor Doom on Apr 12, 2007 9:38:14 GMT -5
My hope was not fading, I'm starting to get excited about this. They keep this up, this could be the best comic to movie transition since Spider-Man!
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 12, 2007 15:21:53 GMT -5
maybe they're feeding Downey Jr. growth hormones as well?
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Post by Doctor Doom on Apr 12, 2007 15:56:52 GMT -5
Can anyone seriously tell me they don't get a flash of that armour but gold and wonder what an original Avengers movie would be like?
PS: The Apocalypse hath come. Nutcase hath at last surpassed my post count.
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 12, 2007 16:01:49 GMT -5
I went to bed last night dead even with you. I'm sure you'll get me back.
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Post by Alchemist-X on Apr 12, 2007 16:15:00 GMT -5
Dicaprio can't grow a very Starkish mustache so I'd say he's out. I'm not sure if Tom Cruise can or can't but based on height, and him sorta bringing down all his projects with his wacko rep is unapealing as well.
I dunno about Downey Jr either tho, not particulariyl Starkish either. Maybe Selleck was the right idea, but too old now.
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 12, 2007 16:28:28 GMT -5
I am pretty much a Decaprio hater,.... but I think he would not have been a bad choice. He can play the playboy pretty well, and has lived an already Tony Stark style life.
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 12, 2007 18:24:58 GMT -5
Plus he already played Howard Hughes, the template for Tony Stark...
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Post by Nutcase65 on Apr 12, 2007 18:31:45 GMT -5
Thank you, I couldn't remember the name of his character in 'the Aviator'
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Post by Doctor Bong on Apr 15, 2007 5:41:43 GMT -5
The life of Hughes served as an inspiration for Tony Stark, but as originally drawn the biggest debt goes to Errol Flynn...
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Post by fiero84 on Apr 30, 2007 14:14:49 GMT -5
Well, Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone aren't tall either.
But careful film making techniques seem to make them LOOK taller in their movies...
I assume the same will be done to make Robert Downy Jr. look the part. (or get short females to co-star, heh,heh)
I'll bet he pulls off the 'quirks, and eccentric traits of Tony.
I wonder whom will be Jarvis.
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Post by uberwolf on Jun 1, 2007 10:39:37 GMT -5
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Post by uberwolf on Jun 2, 2007 9:54:15 GMT -5
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Post by uberwolf on Jun 24, 2007 19:44:16 GMT -5
Apparently Mr. Samuel L. Jackson has been signed to play.... you guessed it... Nick Fury in the Iron Man movie, with option to play the character in other Marvel Movies. It bother's me as a purest, the same way the Kingpin did in Daredevil. There's no reason to have Ultimate Nick Fury in the movies, but I guess the Marvel Pantheon isn't very diverse racially.
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 28, 2007 7:00:49 GMT -5
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Post by uberwolf on Jun 28, 2007 19:47:18 GMT -5
Downey has a really big head...
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Post by sharkar on Jul 4, 2007 13:38:29 GMT -5
OMG is that Jeff Bridges?  |
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