During his dark reign as Director of National Security, Norman Osborn recruited young superhumans - often by force - to mold in his image. Their “Training” was often painful and traumatic. After he helped defeat and imprison Osborn, founding Avenger Hank Pym united with fellow heroes Tigra, Justice, Speedball and Quicksilver to form AVENGERS ACADEMY to help guide these young superhumans.
The inaugural class includes Veil, who can transform her body into different gases; the toxic Hazmat; electrically powered Striker; invulnerable Mettle; the polymath Finesse; and were-dinosaur Reptil. But the students’ excitement over being chosen was quickly shattered when they secretly learned the truth: they were selected not because they have the greatest potential to be heroes…but because they are the ones most at risk of becoming villains!
*Click HERE to read my interview with the series' writer, Christos Gage!*
THE FACULTY
Nathan Fillion as Henry Pym
Firefly
Serenity
Mila Kunis as Tigra
Greer Nelson (maiden name Grant) first appeared as The Cat in the comic of the same name. She later became Tigra through a mystic ritual that bound the soul of one of the Cat People to her own.
Why should she play Tigra? Well, as you can hopefully see from the above picture - she looks perfect for this role! As well as that, she really is a talented actress and would surely do a great job as the sexy superhero!
As Seen In…
Family Guy
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
That 70’s Show
Michael Rosenbaum as Quicksilver
Quicksilver is a mutant with super speed. He is the son of Magneto, and twin brother of the Scarlet Witch and half-brother of Polaris.
I've always had a hard time choosing the right actor to portray Quicksilver, but out of my past numerous choices, I feel that Rosenbaum I'd the best one. Not only does he look the part, but he's an awesome actor who would surely deliver yet another quality performance!
As Seen In…
Smallville
Ian Somerhalder as Justice
Justice is a former founding New Warrior and Avenger with a criminal record, and a famous future counterpart.
I thought he was great in Lost and have thought he'd be well suited to this role for a while now. Justice is not one of my favourite characters, but this guy is the best choice to do him justice on the big screen. (pun intended, lol)
As Seen In…
Lost
Smallville
The Vampire Diaries
Zachary Levi as Speedball
After being given kinetic energy based powers in a laboratory accident, Robbie Baldwin becomes the costumed hero Speedball. After the tragedy at Stamford, he was overcome with guilt leading him to take a new identity as Penance.
Levi is one of my favourite actors and shows how talented he is on a weekly basis in Chuck. Although there are better roles out there for him (Nightcrawler for example) he'd really nail the post Civil War/Thunderbolts version of Speedball.
As Seen In…
Chuck
THE STUDENTS
Julie McNiven as Veil
She was excellent in Supernatural and is perfect for this character in terns of looks and personality. Veil is one of the most interesting members of the team and an actress of her skill is the perfect choice in my opinion.
As Seen In…
Desperate Housewives
Mad Men
Supernatural
Robert Iler as Striker
I thought that this guy was brilliant in The Sopranos and although I have a feeling that I'll be able to find someone who suits the role a little better when more is known about the character, right now I think that he'd be perfect for thus role.
As Seen In…
Deadpool
Law & Order
The Sopranos
Ramon Rodriguez as Reptil
Although he may be a little old for this role, I was impressed by his performance in Transformers 2 which in my opinion showed that he's really well suited to playing this sort of character!
As Seen In…
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Wire
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Logan Huffman as Mettle
Not a lot is known about Mettle so I'm not even sure if this guy looks the part of the pre-mutated version of the him! However, I think this guy is a great actor and would be well suited to the personality of this character!
As Seen In…
V
Emma Stone as Finesse
After seeing her in Zombieland, I knew that I had to include Stone in a fan cast! She's a brilliant young actress and although she doesn't look the part, I'm confident that with shorter dyed hair, she would! Plus, her role in the above mentioned movie shows she could nail Finesse's personality.
As Seen In…
Easy A
Superbad
Zombieland
Devon Aoki as Hazmat
I've only seen this actress in a few things but I think she's the right choice for this role. She looks the part and I think she would easily pull off the cold, hard personality of Hazmat!
As Seen In…
2 Fast 2 Furious
Sin City
War
So that's a wrap! Please feel free to let me know what you think in the usual place and as always, thanks for reading! :)
And if you haven't yet seen them, here are links to my other fan casts!
MARVEL
Alpha Flight
Ant-Man
The Avengers
The Avengers II
Dark, Mighty and New Avengers
Secret Avengers
Black Panther
Blade
Cable (Part One)
Cable (Part Two)
The First Avenger: Captain America
The First Avenger: Captain America II
Captain America: Reborn
Captain Britain
Captain Britain and MI: 13
The Champions
Daredevil
Daredevil II
Deadpool
The Defenders
Doctor Strange
Excalibur
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four II
Ghost Rider
Hawkeye
The Incredible Hulk 2
The Immortal Iron Fist
The Inhumans
The Invaders
Iron Man 3
Marvel Knights
Moon Knight
Ms. Marvel
New Warriors TV Show
Old Man Logan
The Punisher
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Spider-Man: The Second Trilogy
Spider-Man: Sinister Six
The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Woman
The Starjammers
Squadron Supreme
Thor
The Thunderbolts
The Ultimates
Ultimate Avengers
Venom/Carnage
West Coast Avengers
X-Men 4
X-Men: First Class
Astonishing X-Men
Dark X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Club
X-Factor Investigations TV Show
X-Force
Young Avengers TV Show
DC/Other
Batman 3
Green Lantern
Green Lantern: Blackest Night
Justice League of America
Superman (Reboot)
Wanted
Video Games
Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
BioShock
BioShock 2
Dead Space
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune & Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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