“In a medieval reality, MORGAN LE FEY torments THE AVENGERS by
making them her elite guard, her QUEEN'S VENGEANCE, enchanting their
minds to be at her beck and call! But she has poor Wanda (SCARLET
WITCH) locked away in chains, in the Dungeon Keep!”
I just love Medieval stories and Medieval things of every kind! “MEDIEVAL”
is COOL & GOTHIC! Thus this idea was right up my alley. Medieval plus
AVENGERS, what more could a fanboy like me want? To me it's COOLER
THAN COOL! It all took place in AVENGERS VOLUME 3, #2-3. It was
written by one genius, KURT BUSIEK, and drawn by another, GEORGE
PEREZ. George is one of my all-time favorite comic book illustrators and
Kurt is just plain inspired!
The story's also known as “THE MORGAN CONQUEST”.
So when I thought of doing this fancast I wanted to make it “funner” by
injecting a little humor in the mix...so I did all the actors in caricature
cartoons. I love drawing caricatures, myself, but I don't have enough of
my own caricatures, that I have drawn, for all the actors. So I went and
downloaded tons of CARICATURES by the greatest caricature artists
in the world! Most of these artists also paint fine art like I do.
They are all amazing and extremely talented!
Here is a couple of examples of my own personal caricatures, in pen & ink:
The story of the AVENGER'S, QUEEN'S VENGENCE, goes like this:
Shortly after the AVENGERS returned from COUNTER EARTH, the
Avengers past and present were attacked by minions in the service of
MORGAN LE FEY. The Avengers pooled all their resources together and
set out to attack Morgan, but they were ambushed and hit by a reality
distortion wave.
The wave caused the time period to be altered to a medieval setting,
altering the Avengers clothing, speech patterns and thought processes. All
of the Avengers involved in the attacks on Morgan’s troops believed
themselves to be a part of the Queen’s (Morgan Le Fey) elite guard known
as the “QUEEN'S VENGEANCE”.
The SCARLET WITCH was the only Avenger not allowed to roam free, because her
powers canceled out Morgan’s and she couldn’t be brainwashed. The Scarlet Witch
was kept in the dungeon, because of her abilities. While in the dungeon the
Scarlet Witch reached out with her powers trying to contact any Avenger to come
and help her. This nudged CAPTAIN AMERICA out of his trance. Realizing who he
really was Cap set out to recruit other Avengers, and wake them up as well.
He began with HAWKEYE and Hawkeye gathered the WASP and PHOTON. Captain America
tried to recruit IRON-MAN but he was too engrossed within the illusion.
Confronted by the entire Queen's Vengeance, Cap and Hawkeye urged the others to
resist and QUASAR and JUSTICE actually broke free of the spell. Morgan
interrupted before any others could join them, and THOR (who had broken free on
his own) joined the rebels.
Together Captain America, Hawkeye, Thor, Wasp, Photon, Quasar, and Justice
stood up to the rest of the Queen's Vengeance. Scarlet Witch managed to
reincarnate WONDER-MAN who managed to turn the tide, and the VISION'S body was
destroyed in the process (the Vision managed to survive this attack though).
Scarlet Witch with the combined willpower of all the awakened Avengers, pumped
power into Wonder Man, shifting reality back to normal, and defeating Morgan in
the process.
Now most of these AVENGERS characters are so well-known and there are so many
here that I have dispensed with bios on them. Their medieval names were
pronounced upon them by MORGAN LE FEY when she brainwashed them all.
Damn, this is the biggest cast I've ever undertaken and it took me a
a massive amount of time to finally finish it in what little spare time I've
had! Holy Moley! But it was a labor of love with me, with the caricatures
and all.
QUEEN'S VENGEANCE FANCAST:
I wanted Matt for CAP AMERICA but they went with someone out of left
field, CHRIS EVANS (Well actually I was one of those idiots that wanted
either JENSEN ACKLES or RYAN McPARTLIN.). Well this story
happens in the AVENGER'S future when they're older so a lot of my
casting here is with older actors. It's an alternate reality so a lot of my
cast here is an alternate cast.
YEOMAN AMERICA/CAPTAIN AMERICA (STEVEN ROGERS): MATT DAMON
JADE GIANTESS/SHE HULK (JENNIFER WALTERS): GINA CARANO
BALE'S Bruce Wayne was just a Tony Stark rip-off in TDK, I think, so I
thought why not have him actually as Tony, here!
IRON KNIGHT/IRON-MAN (ANTHONY STARK): CHRISTIAN BALE
I want Tabrett for the actual MS. MARVEL so I just put her here too.
LADY MARVEL/MS. MARVEL-BINARY (CAROL DANVERS): TABRETT BETHELL
He was almost THOR so I had no problem casting him here.
DONAR/THOR (THOR ODINSON): ALEXANDER SKARSGARD
She would have made a way better BLACK WIDOW than Mrs. RYAN
REYNOLDS, WAY BETTER!
TSARINA/BLACK WIDOW (NATALIA ROMANOVA): KATE BECKINSALE
I thought Brad just went with Matt for this casting.
LONGBOW/HAWKEYE (CLINTON BARTON): BRAD PITT
This is who I want for WASP and always will, no matter what anybody says!
PIXIE/WASP (JANET VAN DYNE): MORENA BACCARIN
And this man for HANK PYM just as I've always wanted!
GIGANTUS/GIANT-MAN (HENRY PYM): NATHAN FILLION
Gemma is the new “IT GIRL” and she's just so beautiful that I think
she's a natural to play the exotic and exquisite Wanda Maximoff!
GYPSY WITCH/SCARLET WITCH (WANDA MAXIMOFF): GEMMA ARTERTON
GYPSY DAVY/QUICKSILVER (PIETRO MAXIMOFF): JAMES MARSTERS
I'm not trying to stereotype BRIDGET here but she just seems perfect to
play this lady! She looks just like this CIRCE illustration here.
CIRCE/SERSI THE SORCERESS: BRIDGET REGAN
I've wanted Wentworth for this part ever since I saw him in Prison Break.
GHOST OF STONE/VISION: WENTWORTH MILLER
LADY COMET/FIRESTAR (ANGELICA JONES): DANNEEL HARRIS
NUBIAN PRINCE/BLACK PANTHER (T'CHALLA): ADEWALE AKINNUOYE AGBAJE
ARACHNE/SPIDER WOMAN (JULIA CARPENTER): ALI LARTER
SEALORD/NAMOR (NAMOR McKENZIE): ERIC BANA
DAYSTAR/PHOTON (MONICA RAMBEAU): GABRIELLE UNION
STAR KNIGHT/QUASAR (WENDELL VAUGHN): CHARLIE HUNNAM
I thought this was perfect casting here!
FIREMAIDEN/FIREBIRD (BONITA JUAREZ): MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ
KNAVE OF HEARTS/STARFOX (EROS): JUDE LAW
LADY MAGDELENA/MAGDELENE: RACHEL WEISZ
If he can play Shakespear he can play a DARK Knight!
THE BLACK KNIGHT/BLACK KNIGHT (DANE WHITMAN): JOSEPH FIENNES
MOONDRAGON is older, bitchy and tall...KATHERINE is all of these, 5'9”.
PRIESTESS/MOONDRAGON (HEATHER DOUGLAS): KATHERINE HEIGL
Chiwetel at 5'11” is way more fitting for SAM than T'CHALLA!
BLACK BIRD/FALCON (SAMUEL WILSON): CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
ELEMENTELLE/CRYSTAL (CRYSTALIA AMEQUELINE): HAYDEN PANITIERRE
He's now my favorite for the blue ball of fur...and without fur as well!
KREATURE/BEAST (HENRY McCOY): JON HAMM
I just want to see JESSICA in the stripes and bulging out of that black
bikini! Oh, and she's a good actress too! LOL
GRIMALKIN/TIGRA (GREER GRANT NELSON): JESSICA BIEL
JALVERT-- old, swordsman...SEAN BEAN-- old, swordsman...duh!
CHEVALIER/SWORDSMAN (PHILIP JALVERT): SEAN BEAN
He's almost 6'3 and built like a brick...he's perfect for the 6'3” U.S. AGENT.
LIEGEMAN/U.S. AGENT (JOHN WALKER): TAHMOH PENIKETT
People want IAN for DC'S NIGHTWING and DARKHAWK, in my opinion,
is just a NIGHTWING rip-off!
FALCONER/DARKHAWK (CHRISTOPHER POWELL): IAN SOMERHALDER
HERACLES (HERCULES): GERARD BUTLER
I know a lot of people don't know who MICHAEL ANGARANO is but he
starred in two huge kid's movies, SKY HIGH, with KURT RUSSELL, and
THE FORBIDDEN KLINGDOM, with JACKIE CHAN & JETT LI. So
I've included one photo of him in SKY HIGH, when he was much younger,
and one of him nowadays in THE FORBIDDEN KINDOM to help
illustrate him better. I think he's perfect to play the young VANCE
ASTROVIK!
SQUIRE JUSTICE/JUSTICE (VANCE ASTROVIK): MICHAEL ANGARANO
Surrounded by robots in STAR WARS...play a robot-man here. Hell, he
sounded a lot like a robot in STAR WARS! LOL
SIR MacHINERY/MACHINE MAN: EWAN McGREGOR + CGI
BLACKSMITH/RAGE (ELVIN HALIDAY): TYRESE GIBSON
I think TRIPLE-H was born to play this guy! DENNIS DUNPHY is a
large retired wrestler who becomes a superhero...DEMOLIOTION MAN!
Duh...PAUL'S a natural for this!
THE SERF/D-MAN (DENNIS DUNPHY): PAUL LEVESQUE (HHH)
Walter Newel is a 6'3” oceanographer who builds himself a super-water-
breathing-suit and becomes a superhero! RYAN is 6'3” and built like a
swimmer. Duh again!
SIR DEVILFISH/STINGRAY (WALTER NEWELL): RYAN McPARTLIN
Tyler@ used this casting in one of his excellent fancasts a long, long
time ago! It seems logical to me, ADAM BALDWIN as SANDMAN! Damm, I
wish Tyler@ still did fancasts, he's an excellent caster! By the way,
SANDMAN'S an AVENGER here 'cause he was a good guy for a short while.
QUARRYMAN/SANDMAN (WILLIAM BAKER): ADAM BALDWIN
WONDER-MAN (SIMON WILLIAMS): BRANDON ROUTH
BAD GUYS:
MORGAN LE FEY: ANGELINA JOLIE
MORDRED THE EVIL: JOAQUIN PHOENIX