I hadn’t realized that Tom Cruise still wanted to be Iron Man. Eh. I’m not a fan of Mr. Cruise, and I hadn’t pictured him playing Tony Stark/Iron Man, inventor-alcoholic-Vietnam Vet-millionaire playboy.
Well, I’ve never been all that fond of Iron Man anyway, but part of the problem is that I think I already cast the movie in my head, with Nick Cage playing the role.
It is a good time to be both a comic fan and a movie fan, but it is also a case of “careful what you wish for!” They are making so many comic book movies, I’m waiting for the announcement that Psi Force is being made into a movie. Wow, I had no idea Kyle Baker inked the first issue.
3:29 pm on January 7th, 2004 1
I remember reading Nicholas Cage was up for Superman, and then for Ghost Rider. I even heard he was interested in playing Catwoman. Well, maybe not.
5:18 pm on January 7th, 2004 2
I rather like the suggestion made in The Ultimates of Johnny Depp playing Iron Man. I believe the quote is “Just picture him doing Ed Wood in an Iron Man suit and you’ve got Tony Stark up there in cellulite, baby.”
6:57 pm on January 7th, 2004 3
Don’t you mean celluloid? Cellulite is fatty deposits on your thighs and butt. Being a skinny teenager, you probably haven’t encountered cellulite yet though.
That is a funny quote though. Somehow I always pictured Iron Man as being beefier than Johnny Depp.
Nick Cage SO wants to be in a comic book movie, I wouldn’t be surprised if he wanted to be Catwoman!
8:35 pm on January 7th, 2004 4
Yeah, Nicholas Cage is such a comic book geek, or so I’ve read. I heard he changed his name from Nicholas Coppola to Cage after one of his favorite comic book character, Martian Manhunter. Or was it Cage? Hmm…
5:11 pm on January 8th, 2004 5
Cage was also supposed to be in the Hellblazer movie, before the part went to Keanu. [Insert standard disgusted rant re: changing of John Constantine to an American here.]
12:58 am on January 10th, 2004 6
this was so funny. i read the first sentence and went, “what, like that ted hughes children’s story?” LOL