Best comic movie castings from any period of history

[Dark Raven]

If death and age were no barrier and you could cast the most ideal actor in a comic book role from any period of Hollywood history so that you got the most faithful representation, who would you cast?

Some of my picks:

Superman - Gregory Peck
Captain America - Robert Redford
Iron Man - Timothy Dalton (circa Flash Gordon or The Living Daylights)
Reed Richards - Steven Boyd (circa Fantastic Voyage)

I'll think of some others later. How about your picks?

 

[Decepticonus]

Vincent Price as Dr. Strange!

 

[Eddie Dean]

Rock Hudson - Superman
Lauren Bacall - Lois Lane
James Mason - Lex Luthor

 

[schereZada]

David Niven as Alfred.

 

[Human Torch]

If death and age were no barrier and you could cast the most ideal actor in a comic book role from any period of Hollywood history so that you got the most faithful representation, who would you cast?

Some of my picks:

Superman - Gregory Peck
Captain America - Robert Redford
Iron Man - Timothy Dalton (circa Flash Gordon or The Living Daylights)
Reed Richards - Steven Boyd (circa Fantastic Voyage)

I'll think of some others later. How about your picks?

Yeah,I've always dreamed of a Dalton Iron Man.(if it had been done in the 80's)

 

[wampa1]

Shazam! - Rock Hudson

 

[Dark Raven]

Morbius - Michael Jackson (circa 2008/ 2009).

Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu - Bruce Lee

Luke Cage - Jim Brown (circa 1970s)

 

[kedrell]

Tony Stark/Iron Man ~ Clark Gable(circa 1940)
Charles Xavier/Professor X ~ Yul Brynner(circa 1965)
Bruce Banner/Hulk ~ Dustin Hoffman(circa 1980)
Steve Rogers/Captain America ~ Steve McQueen(circa 1965)
Lex Luthor ~ Albert Finney(circa 1980)

 

[Eddie Dean]

Charles Bronson - Wolverine

 

[bbjeg]

For X-Men, I got to say Fox nailed Patrick Stewart and Kelsey Grammer as Professor X and Beast but I would have had Iman play Storm, Jennifer Carpenter play Rouge, and Karl Ubarn as Cycylops.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Thor (1958)

Kirk Douglas - Thor
Tony Curtis - Loki
Ernest Borgnine - Odin
Janet Leigh - Jane Foster

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Christopher Lee as Ra's al Ghul
Conrad Veidt as The Joker
Peter Lorre as MODOK

 

[Sundancer]

Clint Eastwood -- Frank Castle
James Dean -- Captain America

 

[Batmannerism]

Thor (1958)

Kirk Douglas - Thor
Tony Curtis - Loki
Ernest Borgnine - Odin
Janet Leigh - Jane Foster

That is an awesome casting (although Kirk might be a little short for Thor, they would have to use a lot of angle shots)....how about swapping Ernest Borgnine in for Volstaag, and have Sir Laurence Olivier as Odin ?


What about............

Captain America - Charlton Heston or Steve McQueen

Professor X - Yul Brynner ( sure he's got a different accent but he's
great at inscrutable/intellectual characters)


Batman - Paul Newman

Superman - a young Marlon Brando OR Elvis Presley !

Wonder Woman - Raquel Welch

The Joker - Anthony Perkins

Lex Luthor - Lee Van Cleef

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Brando- Darkseid

 

[GL's Light]

Golden Age Superman:

Superman/Clark Kent - Gary Cooper
Lois Lane - Myrna Loy
Perry White - Spencer Tracey
Jimmy Olsen - Mickey Rooney
Lex Luthor - Charles Boyer