Fancast:The Avengers
What if The Avengers Wasn't currently being made? Update!
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Basically this cast is sort of a what-if scenario. If Marvel Studios wasn't currently making the Avengers then a cast for them could be made from scratch. To be honest this has been so far, the funnest cast to do and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Also, I try to keep my casts canon by not re-using actors, but since this is more a of a what-if those rules don't apply here. On to the Cast!
Captain America - Aaron Eckhart
Aaron - Besides having the looks down pat - blue eyes, blonde hair, patriotic chin - Aaron is a strong
an actor as any, having carried TDK
through a good portion of the film,
hes just too perfect.
Cappy - An intentionally patriotic
creation who was often depicted fighting
the Axis powers of World War II,
Captain America was Timely Comics'
most popular character during the wartime period.
Tony Stark/Iron Man - Michael Fassbender
Michael - I tried hard to find a
good Tony Stark, both look and talent-wise.
Fassbender definitely has a great future
ahead of him, as hes one of the best
actors out there, yet. His performance
in Hunger was a sight to see, and I
definitely think he looks a hell of a
lot like the older comics' Stark, with
his sharp features. Hes the only other
person that could play Stark as great
as RDJ does.
Iron Man - A billionaire playboy, industrialist
and ingenious engineer, Stark suffers a
severe heart injury during a kidnapping in
which his captors attempt to force him to
build a weapon of mass destruction.
Thor - Alexander Skarsgard
Alexander - Alex is a badass dude.
Just watch his epic performances in True
Blood and you'll see just how epic he'd
be as Thor. I love Thor so naturally I
would cast the best person for the job,
and Skarsgard is it.
Thor - Thor's father Odin decides his son
needs to be taught humility and consequently
places Thor (without memories of godhood)
into the body and memories of an existing,
partially disabled human medical student, Donald Blake.
Bruce Banner/Hulk - Billy Crudup
Billy - Crudup's a very under-rated actor,
you probably know him best for his great
performances in Watchmen and Public Enemies.
I was actually watching 'Enemies' and thought
how great of a Bruce Banner he'd be.
Hulk - The Hulk is cast as the emotional
and impulsive alter ego of the withdrawn
and reserved physicist Dr. Bruce Banner.
The Hulk appears shortly after Banner is
accidentally exposed to the blast of a
test detonation of a gamma bomb he invented.
Hank Pym - Simon Baker
Simon - Another under-rated actor who does
fantastic on The Mentalist. He definitely
needs to do the big-screen, and besides that
is the spitting image of Pym.
Hank - Biochemist Henry Pym, discovering
an unusual set of subatomic particles he
labels "Pym particles", creates a size-altering
formula and tests it on himself. Reduced to
the size of an insect, Pym has a dangerous
encounter with ants in a nearby anthill.
Shortly afterward, he constructs a cybernetic
helmet that allows him to communicate with and control ants.
Wasp - Michelle Monaghan
Michelle - one of my favorite actresses,
who always gives a solid performance in
everything she does. I was watching Kiss Kiss
Bang Bang and she looked just like what I
imagine Janet to look like. She also looks
very promising in Source Code, as well as
being very sexy.
Janet - Janet van Dyne debuted as Henry "Hank"
Pym's partner, originally only serving as his
partner to avenge the death of her father,
scientist Vernon van Dyne. Later in the same
issue, she decided to stay with Hank only because
she was in love with him, wanting him to realize
that he loved her back.
Hawkeye - Timothy Olyphant
Timothy - Hes a very under-rated actor who
pretty much stole the show in The Girl Next Door.
He has this hard edge to him in Deadwood, but
can still have that light-hearted side. he also
played a great villain in Live Free or Die Hard,
all in all, he pretty much stands out in all
of his roles.
Hawkeye - Clint Barton was born in Waverly, Iowa.
At a young age he lost both of his parents
in a car accident. After six years in an orphanage,
Clint and his brother Barney ran away to join
the Carson Carnival of Travelling Wonders.
The Vision - Joseph Fiennes
Joseph - Joseph is a great frickin actor.
I know him best as Shakespeare in Shakespeare
in love, which he was fantastic in. He also
happens to look a hell of alot like vision
when I think about it.
The Vision - The robot Ultron is the creator
of the Vision, a type of android he calls a
"synthezoid", for use against Ultron's own
creator, Dr. Henry Pym (Ant-Man/Giant Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket)
and Pym's wife, Janet van Dyne (the Wasp) of
the superhero team the Avengers.
Nick Fury - Michael Biehn
Michael - Thats right, Kyle Reese himself
is perfect for Fury. He has that badass aspect
to him down, and a very strong persence for Fury.
Nick - Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is
a fictional World War II army hero and present-day
super-spy in the Marvel Comics universe
Black Widow - Ivana Milicevic
I saw recently in Casino Royale playing
Mad Mikkelsens charaters girlfriend and thought
just how perfect she would be as Black Widow.
Everyone likes Emily Blunt (hell, I love her),
but Ivana is just too perfect for the role.
Black Widow - Natasha was born in Stalingrad
(now Volgograd), Russia. The first and best-known
Black Widow is a Soviet agent trained as a spy,
martial artist, and sniper, and outfitted with
an arsenal of high-tech weaponry, including a pair
of wrist-mounted energy weapons dubbed her
"Widow's Bite".
Black Panther - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel - Chiwetels a really great
upcoming actor, his most notable role has
probably been 2012, but he was fantastic in
Hotel Rwanda, he would be perfect for T'Challa.
Black Panther - The Black Panther is the ceremonial
title given to the chief of the Panther Tribe of
the advanced African nation of Wakanda. In addition
to ruling the country, he is also chief of its
various tribes (collectively referred to as the Wakandas).
The Panther habit is a symbol of office (head of state)
and is used even during diplomatic missions.
The Panther is a hereditary title, but one still
must earn it.
T'Chaka - Djimon Honsou
Djimon - Unfortunately, hes now too
old to be the Black Panther himself, but
he would completely own as T'Chaka
Namor - Zachary Quinto
Zachary - Zachary's probably best known as
Spock in Star Trek, but in Heroes he showed just
how great of Namor he'd be. Imo this would be
perfect casting. Plus, at 6'2 all hed need to
do is workout.
Namor - The mutant son of a human sea captain and
of a princess of the mythical undersea kingdom
of Atlantis, Namor possesses the super-strength
and aquatic abilities of the "Homo mermanus" race,
as well as the mutant ability of flight, along
with other superhuman powers.
Loki - James Callis
James - Im actually really proud of this choice.
James is best known for his role on Battlestar
Galactica, and he always gives an epic performance.
Just seeing him in that convinces me he would be an epic Loki.
Loki - After slaying the King of the Frost giants
Laufey in battle, Odin found a small Asgardian-sized
child hidden within the primary stronghold of the
Frost Giants. The child was Loki, and Laufey kept
him hidden from his people due to his shame over
his son's small size. Odin took the boy because he
showed strength when Odin slew his father in combat
and raised him as his son alongside his biological son Thor.
Ultron - Andy Serkis (Motion Capture)
Andy - Andy's very under-rated, and hes pretty
much a motion capture junkie. Hes great as a
voice actor as well, and would absolutely own as Ultron.
Ultron - Flashbacks reveal that he is the
creation of Henry Pym, and based on Pym's
brain patterns. The robot gradually developed
its own intelligence and rebelled, and almost
immediately suffers from an Oedipus Complex,
whereby it feels irrational hatred for his "father"
Hank, and demonstrates an interest in Hank's lover
Janet van Dyne, the Wasp.
Baron Zemo - Paul Bettany
Paul - You may know Paul from legion and The
Davinci Code, and he can act his ass off. His
style definitely reminds me of Terrence Stamp,
and he would be frickin great as the Baron
Baron Zemo - Dr. Heinrich Zemo, 12th Baron Zemo
was one of the top scientists in the Nazi Party.
Zemo fought both Captain America and his allies
the Howling Commandos during World War II.
A brilliant, if sadistic, scientific genius,
Zemo created many weapons of mass destruction
for Hitler's army, including a large-scale death
ray cannon, a disintegration pistol that was a
miniaturized version of his death ray, and
primitive androids of considerable strength
and invulnerability.
Kang the Conqueror - Viggo Mortensen
Viggo - Definitely in my top 5 favorite actors,
this dude is just great....in everything. LOTR,
Eastern Promises, The Road, A History of Violence,
and if you can really look at me in the face and
tell me he wouldn't be epic as Kang then....well
nothing beacause you can't.
Kang - Kang has no superhuman abilities, but
is an extraordinary genius, an expert historical
scholar, a master physicist (specializing in time-travel),
engineer, and technician. Courtesy of 40th century
technology, he has mastered combat and tactics, and
is thoroughly versed in the principles of time travel.
Kang wears highly advanced battle armor that
enhances his strength; is capable of energy,
hologram and force-field projection, has a 30
day supply of air and food, and the ability to
control other forms of technology. Via his "time-ship",
Kang has access to technology from any century
Super Skrull - Derek Mears
Derek - I know Derek because of his role as
Jason (used to be a horror buff) and I have to
say he did good. He was really dedicated as Jason,
and his build and Height make him a perfect SS
Super Skrull - Kl'rt - more commonly known as
the Super-Skrull - hails from the Skrull capital
world of Tarnax IV (in the Tarnax System in
the Andromeda Galaxy) which has since been
destroyed by Galactus. The Skrull Emperor Dorrek VII
wanted revenge against the Fantastic Four, who
thwarted the Empire's attempt to invade Earth.
Dorrek handpicked the warrior Kl'rt, who was
artificially augmented and given the combined
abilities of the Fantastic Four.
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