Stan's Cameo Officially Announced

[Malus]

Source: http://www.freewebs.com/marvelgazette/

Stan Lee's cameo for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer has been announced. In the first movie, Stan Lee played Willie Lumpkin, the Fantastic Four's mailman. In the sequel, Stan will play himself, this time trying to get into Reed Richards and Sue Storm's wedding, as he did in the comics (in Fantastic Four Annual #3).

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By the way, the page leads off with the news that Josh Holloway ("Sawyer" on tv's LOST) has been approached to play Gambit in an X-Men sequel.

 

[Halcohol]

Reed didn't call him "Stan". He said, quite clearly, "Thanks, Willy."

But anyways, thanks for the link Malus!

 

[Malus]

Reed didn't call him "Stan". He said, quite clearly, "Thanks, Willy."

But anyways, thanks for the link Malus!

I didn't notice that error; thanks!
If you check out the link, you'll see that I already had to make at least 4 corrections to typos. Someone needs to proofread their web page. t:

 

[Retroman]

Thanks Malus.
I like that they're paying homage to the original wedding but it is a glaring continuty error since he was Willie Lumpkin in part and now he's Stan. But i'm sure the majority won't take notice of that.

Here's an official pic of the cameo.

Source: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0610/11/index.htm

I wonder what kind of cameo they plan on giving him Iron Man? I quite liked his appearance in Spider-Man 3 giving Peter some words of encouragement.

 

[CAH]

Stan Lee is the one man I want to meet in my life...he's such an inspiration to me.

His cameos are great, and this one should be great. i don't know if he is getting a cameo in Iron Man...i hope so.

CAH

 

[Fantastic-Boy]

Amazing!

 

[Mr. Socko]

Wow, anyone else notice how Stan Lee looks alot like Willy the mailman in the first Fantastic 4 movie?

 

[Closerframe]

Ok I understand how he likes to make cameos in movies he helped come to be, but damn its starting to get annoying like in Spider-Man 3 that was so random. I like it better when he just shuts the hell up and does a quick walk by.

 

[Agent 194]

Stan's the man as he so dubbed himself all those years ago. Like Shatner, I don't care what they say about him. I love him. They both are, who they are. No one can convince me other wise. Everyone needs their heroes.

 

[Agent 194]

Ok I understand how he likes to make cameos in movies he helped come to be, but damn its starting to get annoying like in Spider-Man 3 that was so random. I like it better when he just shuts the hell up and does a quick walk by.

And as far as random goes. Hey man,...you look up the word and it shows Spider-Man 3 in the dictionary. That movie was pretty close to the latin root of random. Stan's still the man and he deserves every cameo he can get. LONG LIVE STAN LEE.

 

[Kelly]

Ok I understand how he likes to make cameos in movies he helped come to be, but damn its starting to get annoying like in Spider-Man 3 that was so random. I like it better when he just shuts the hell up and does a quick walk by.

You my friend are in the small minority here, VERY small...

 

[Malus]

Ok I understand how he likes to make cameos in movies he helped come to be, but damn its starting to get annoying like in Spider-Man 3 that was so random. I like it better when he just shuts the hell up and does a quick walk by.

You my friend are in the small minority here, VERY small...

No kidding. Spider-man 3 was Stan's best cameo yet, despite the rest of the film's shortcomings.
The man created Spidey. He gets to be in every movie til he drops.

 

[Agent 194]

Break out the tequilla and guacamole and let's chant Viva Stan Lee.

 

[Kelly]

Break out the tequilla and guacamole and let's chant Viva Stan Lee.

Sounds good to me, but could you simply hit my margarita one more time please....t:

 

[bubbadoom]

Of all of Stan's Cameos, Willie Lumpkin is the only time he was a character from the comics; and it's interesting to note that that part was not in the original shooting script - the bit with the mail was to be done by the doorman.

And I guess it's safe to say that Stan IS in IRON MAN, and it's sure to be a favorite!

 

[C. Lee]

I'm glad Stan is in it....just wish he could return as Willie....but this cameo sounds fun too.

 

[bubbadoom]

Yes, I think it's a shame that he did not come back as Willie; and while the cameo he is doing is cool, it's just not the same with out Jack!

 

[bubbadoom]

Yes, I think it's a shame that he did not come back as Willie; and while the cameo he is doing is cool, it's just not the same with out Jack!

 

[highguard]

^^ Yeah Jack is gone, long live the King, but we still have Stan so I will take it.

 

[Doctor of Doom]

I would watch an entire movie of just Stan Lee making cameos. The man rocks Hope he gets a line. I really want them to ask him to prove it and him to say "EXCELSIOR!" or something similar, we got "'Nuff Said!" now we need the Excelsior Power!

 

[Malus]

Yes, I think it's a shame that he did not come back as Willie; and while the cameo he is doing is cool, it's just not the same with out Jack!

Long as Jack's name is up there on the "Based on characters created by" credit, alongside Stan's, I think this cameo is very appropriate.
And if Jack was alive, I think he'd probably do this particular cameo with Stan. According to Jack's widow, any hard feelings Jack had regarding Stan were a thing of the past by the time he passed away. She speaks about this in the A&E Biography of Stan Lee that aired about a decade ago.

For what it's worth, I think Jack would be cool with this cameo.

 

[Malus]

I'm sure there's some here who were unaware that the creation of Willie Lumpkin actually pre-dates that of the Fantastic Four:
http://www.answers.com/topic/willie-lumpkin

The character was originally created for a syndicated daily comic strip by writer Stan Lee and artist Dan DeCarlo. Lee had initially submitted samples of a strip about a New York City beat cop, but was told by his editor that it was too "big city-ish" and that he wanted a friendly mailman to better appeal to mainstream America. Willie Lumpkin, which was only published in 1960, drew humor from the people and situations Willie Lumpkin would encounter along his mail delivery route in the small town of "Glenville."


Lee and artist Jack Kirby then introduced their comic book version of Willie Lumpkin in Fantastic Four #11 (February, 1963). The comic book Lumpkin is depicted as significantly older than in the comic strip, though the character's good nature was retained, as were references to his past as a mailman in Glenville, which the comic book located in Nebraska.