Cast The Movie In A Previous Time

[Panthro]

Man of Steel circa late 1950s/early 1960s -


Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El - Stephen Boyd


Lois Lane - Lee Remick


General Zod - Charlton Heston (playing against type) or Robert Mitchum


Martha 'Ma' Kent - Olivia de Havilland


General Swanwick - Woody Strode


Col. Nathan Hardy - Burt Lancaster


Perry White - Sidney Poitier


Faora-Ul - Geraldine Page


Prof. Emil Hamilton - Hume Cronyn


Jax-Ur - Russell Johnson


Jor-El - Gregory Peck


Lara Lor-Van - Elizabeth Taylor


Voice of Kelor - Lauren Bacall


Directed by William Wyler

 

[Thundarr]

Man of Steel circa late 1950s/early 1960s -


Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El - Stephen Boyd


Lois Lane - Lee Remick


General Zod - Charlton Heston (playing against type) or Robert Mitchum


Martha 'Ma' Kent - Olivia de Havilland


General Swanwick - Woody Strode


Col. Nathan Hardy - Burt Lancaster


Perry White - Sidney Poitier


Faora-Ul - Geraldine Page


Prof. Emil Hamilton - Hume Cronyn


Jax-Ur - Russell Johnson


Jor-El - Gregory Peck


Lara Lor-Van - Elizabeth Taylor


Voice of Kelor - Lauren Bacall


Directed by William Wyler

In the 1950's/1960's? These men couldn't drink from the same water fountain or pee in the same toilet as a white man, and they're gonna be cast as a military leader and the head of a major newspaper?

Sorry, I know you're trying to pick actors who match those cast in the current Man Of Steel movie. But honestly, no casting director from that era would ever cast a couple of black men in those roles.

Not that your choices aren't cool. They are. But those two never would've happened back then.

 

[Muze]

80s Ant-Man

Henry Pym - Kirk Douglas or Martin Sheen

Scott Lang - Emilio Estevez or Andrew McCarthy

Hope Pym - Demi Moore

Darren Cross - Tony Goldywn

 

[Tg11]

90s Ant Man

Henry Pym- Martin Sheen
Scott Lang/Ant-Man- Johnny Depp
Hope Pym- Julianne Moore
Darren Cross- Dylan McDermott

 

[David H.]

Depp would kind of suck as Lang.

 

[gwynplaine]

Mad Max: Fury Road (1972)
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Max Rockatansky - Charles Bronson

Imperator Furiosa - Angie Dickinson

Nux - Jan-Michael Vincent

Immortan Joe - Al Lettieri

Splendid - Jill Ireland

 

[Eddie Dean]

Ghost Rider (1969)

Elvis Presely - Ghost Rider / Johnny Blaze

Raquel Welch - Roxanne Simpson

Henry Fonda - Mephistopheles

Phil Spector - Blackheart

John Wayne - The Caretaker

 

[gwynplaine]

^

I would have loved to see a Presley Ghost Rider film or a "Roger Corman Biker Film" Ghost Ridert:

 

[Eddie Dean]

Yeah, I was thinking about one with Peter Fonda as Ghost Rider, Karen Black as Roxanne and Nicholson as Blackheart, but I really wanted Henry Fonda as Mephistoheles and pairing him with Little Petey didn't feel right.

 

[Tg11]

Daredevil (1994) (if the 2003 film was made in the 1990s)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil- Brad Pitt
Elektra Natchios- Famke Janssen
Bullseye- Billy Zane
Wilson Fisk/Kingpin- John Goodman
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson- Wayne Knight
Ben Urich- James Spader
Jack Murdock (flashbacks)- Bruce Willis
Nikolas Natchios (Elektra's father)- Anthony Quinn
Karen Page- Penelope Ann Miller
Wesley (Kingpin's assistant)- Stanley Tucci
Father Everett- Brendan Gleeson

 

[gwynplaine]

Yeah, I was thinking about one with Peter Fonda as Ghost Rider, Karen Black as Roxanne and Nicholson as Blackheart, but I really wanted Henry Fonda as Mephistoheles and pairing him with Little Petey didn't feel right.

How about Dennis Hopper as Ghost Ridert::

Ghost Rider (1969)
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Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider - Steve McQueen

Roxanne Simpson - Ali MacGraw

Mephistopheles - Lee Marvin

Black Heart - Andrew Robinson

The Caretaker - Jack Palance

 

[Panthro]

Daredevil (1994) (if the 2003 film was made in the 1990s)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil- Brad Pitt
Elektra Natchios- Famke Janssen
Bullseye- Billy Zane
Wilson Fisk/Kingpin- John Goodman
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson- Wayne Knight
Ben Urich- James Spader
Jack Murdock (flashbacks)- Bruce Willis
Nikolas Natchios (Elektra's father)- Anthony Quinn
Karen Page- Penelope Ann Miller
Wesley (Kingpin's assistant)- Stanley Tucci
Father Everett- Brendan Gleeson

I can dig it

 

[gwynplaine]

Daredevil (1994) (if the 2003 film was made in the 1990s)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil- Brad Pitt
Elektra Natchios- Famke Janssen
Bullseye- Billy Zane
Wilson Fisk/Kingpin- John Goodman
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson- Wayne Knight
Ben Urich- James Spader
Jack Murdock (flashbacks)- Bruce Willis
Nikolas Natchios (Elektra's father)- Anthony Quinn
Karen Page- Penelope Ann Miller
Wesley (Kingpin's assistant)- Stanley Tucci
Father Everett- Brendan Gleeson

Good one.

 

[Muze]

Matt Murdock/Daredevil - Michael Biehn

Elektra - Jennifer Beals?

 

[gwynplaine]

Spider-Man (1963)
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Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Anthony Perkins

Mary Jane Watson - Ann-Margret

J. Jonah Jameson - George C. Scott

Norman Osborn - Richard Widmark

Harry Osborn - Dennis Hopper

Aunt May - Angela Lansbury

Uncle Ben - Sid Caesar

 

[Eddie Dean]

Nice one! I'd go with Joseph Cotten as Norman Osborn, though. One of the few people who can pull off that hair!

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Good one! Cotten would have been perfect

 

[gwynplaine]

Daredevil (1987)
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Matt Murdock/Daredevil - Dennis Quaid

Elektra Natchios - Sophie Marceau

Bullseye - Ed Harris

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin - Joe Don Baker

Franklin "Foggy" Nelson - Jim Belushi

Karen Page - Ellen Barkin

 

[Tg11]

Luke Cage (1998)

Luke Cage- Michael Jai White
Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes- Morris Chestnut
Mariah Dillard- Angela Bassett
Misty Knight- Halle Berry
Shades- Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Rafael Scarfe- Andy Garcia
Soledad Temple- Maria Conchita Alonso
Claire Temple- Gina Torres

 

[Panthro]

Daredevil (1987)
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Matt Murdock/Daredevil - Dennis Quaid

Elektra Natchios - Sophie Marceau

Bullseye - Ed Harris

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin - Joe Don Baker

Franklin "Foggy" Nelson - Jim Belushi

Karen Page - Ellen Barkin

Nice line up, especially Jim Belushi as Foggy.

I've always felt that back in the day Val Kilmer would have made a good Daredevil/Matt Murdock, but I could never think up the right cast to surround him with...

 

[Tg11]

Thor (1988)

Thor Odinson- Dolph Lundgren
Loki- Alan Rickman
King Odin- Sean Connery
Queen Frigga- Helen Mirren
Laufey King of Frost Giants- Christopher Lee
Sif- Mimi Rogers
Heimdall- Morgan Freeman
Hogun- Jackie Chan
Volstagg- Sean Bean
Fandral- Willem Dafoe
Jane Foster- Diane Lane
Agent Phil Coulson- Tim Robbins
Hawkeye (cameo)- Val Kilmer
Darcy- Ally Sheedy
Erik Selvig- Max Von Sydow

 

[Eddie Dean]

Spider-Man (1972)
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich

Jeff Bridges - Spider-Man / Peter Parker

Cybil Shepard - Gwen Stacy

Randy Quaid - Harry Osborn

Ben Gazzara - Norman Osborn

Cloris Leachman - Aunt May

Ben Johnson - Uncle Ben

 

[David H.]

I was thinking of Mike Nichol's Spider-Man, with Dustin Hoffman as Spidey and Katharine Ross as Mary Jane.

 

[Eddie Dean]

That would definitely work. I was thinking of a couple other ones too - a Hal Ashby one with Bud Cort as Spidey or a Woody Allen one with Allen as Spidey, Diane Keaton as Mary-Jane, Mia Farrow as Gwen Stacy and Tony Roberts as Harry Osborn.

 

[gwynplaine]

That would definitely work. I was thinking of a couple other ones too - a Hal Ashby one with Bud Cort as Spidey or a Woody Allen one with Allen as Spidey, Diane Keaton as Mary-Jane, Mia Farrow as Gwen Stacy and Tony Roberts as Harry Osborn.

And Ruth Gordon as Aunt May or Mary Janet:
Also great Bogdanovitch's Spider-Man