The Avengers Now That He's Off The Island, Sawyer Wants To Be An Avenger!

[Aesop Rocks]

AvengerNews has an interesting possibility in the world of Marvel casting news this week involving everyone’s favorite bad boy, Josh Holloway (Lost):

Apparently there’s been talk between Marvel and his [Josh Holloway] group to play a “lead” role in an upcoming Marvel film. We mention a “lead” role because these bigger actors often won’t sign “retainers”, meaning everything should be 100% locked (character, film, etc) for Josh once he’s signed the dotted line.
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AvengerNews also put together an interesting short list of possible Marvel characters Holloway might be playing based on “the subtle hints we’ve received.”
The list includes: Hank Pym (The Avengers or the planned Ant-Man solo movie), Clint Barton/Hawkeye (possible S.H.I.E.L.D. member in The Avengers and the planned S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off movie), and Timothy “Dum Dum” Dugan (high ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. member in The Avengers and lead role in the planned S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off movie).
Of those listed above I’d personally like to see him as Clint Barton aka Hawkeye.


Some of you may recall Holloway was a fan favorite choice to play Gambit for many years, but that never panned out. I’m a big fan of Holloway and I’ll be following this news closely.

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[RealIrOnMaN]

awesom1!!

 

[Chewy]

This is starting to get a little silly

 

[bored]

Not sure I could see him as Pym, but Hawkeye or Dugan would work for sure. When did they say a "SHIELD" spin-off was happening?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Did Jackson say something a while ago about it?

Chewy, what's "silly" about it?

 

[Chewy]

Nathan Fillion, Jennifer Garner, Alice Eve/Malin Akerman, now Josh Holloway all "rumored" for major roles

Next week it'll be Colin Farrell, Gemma Arterton and Tom Hanks

 

[Aesop Rocks]

The week after that, it'll be YOU!

 

[Chewy]

I'll be playing Starfox!

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I can't let you do that, Starfox!

 

[Chewy]

Do... a barrel roll?!?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Straight into an Avengers leading role.

 

[Paroxysm]

I could see him playing Clint no problem, they'd have to go with the Ultimates costume though because the original one would look rather silly on the big screen.

 

[blah]

Like Hell! I want purple and pointy mask!

 

[drmick]

While I'd hardly call Holloway a big actor, I'd really like to see Sawyer on the Avengers. In which case, only Hawkeye makes sense.

 

[Spider-Vader]

I'd rather see him as Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect movie.

 

[Iron_Stark]

He should wait a few years until the next Iron Man movie and play Tony since Larocca draws him like Tony.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

I hope you mean that Larocca draws Tony like him. The other way would just be really weird. t:

 

[UnkillableMick]

He'd suit Danny Rand/Iron Fist more than anyone likely to be in The Avengers.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Intresting.I could see Joss Whedon and Marvel using him as hawkeye.He would have made a great gambit.

 

[Iron_Stark]

I hope you mean that Larocca draws Tony like him. The other way would just be really weird. t:

LOL yeah that's what I meant.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Here's a weird one. What if they wanted to kill two birds with one stone and they used Clint Barton from when he was Goliath? No Green Arrow comparisons. Keep smart ass Clint. Get rid of the Pym's storyline. Keep foil for Cap and the rest.


Just weird enough for Marvel to do it.

 

[Madelow]

Hello all: I could easily picture him as Hawkeye. Are we sure that the part is still available? Best regards, Madelow.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

JOSH HOLLOWAY FOR THE SENTRY!!

 

[Majik1387]

Can we combine all the crappy Holloway rumor threads together?

 

[Chewy]

Can we combine all the crappy Holloway rumor threads together?

My source from deep inside Marvel Studios said we can't