# Let's cast the Avengers movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403 "2008-07-14T05:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/1 "2008-07-14T05:18:10Z")
…I’d thought we’d done a thread on this, but I did a quick search and nothing. Here goes. 🙂 Iron Man: Robert Downey, Jr. Don’t mess with success. Hulk: Edward Norton wasn’t bad, we can keep him. Thor: There’s been rumors about Brad Pitt; I’d much rather have [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182666/), who’s got the right physique and face and is actually Danish, if you can make him a convincing blond. Scarlet Witch: [Eva Green](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200692/), or maybe [Saffron Burrows](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/). No idea who I’d pick for Quicksilver. The Wasp: If we’re going with the Ultimate version, possibly [Liza Lapira](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487594/). If not, possibly [Norah Zehetner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954253/) (who’s done work on _Heroes_ before). Ant-Man: Huh. Somebody big, tall, blond, and imposing. [Neal McDonough](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568180/)? Hawkeye: [Justin Hartley](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1261997/) (he’s done his time on _Smallville_–as Oliver Queen, even). Or maybe [Taylor Kitsch](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2018237/). Captain America: My first choice would’ve been [Nathan Fillion](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277213/), but a) he’s getting slightly long in the tooth (you need someone who’s old enough to mentor Bucky, but young enough to still be idealistic and bushy-tailed) and b) there is no way he can pull off being a blond. So I’ll go with [Jensen Ackles](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010075/): the guy’s just old enough, he’s blond (well, ish), and he’s proven he can go from scrawny dork (Steve Rogers) to grim-faced badass (Cap). Black Panther: Samuel L. Jackson has been taken. [Roger Cross](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003078/), maybe? He was cool on _24_… Your thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/2 "2008-07-14T05:21:54Z")
Kate Beckinsale as Emma Peel. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/3 "2008-07-15T11:27:52Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Captain America: My first choice would’ve been [Nathan Fillion](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277213/), but a) he’s getting slightly long in the tooth (you need someone who’s old enough to mentor Bucky, but young enough to still be idealistic and bushy-tailed) and b) there is no way he can pull off being a blond. Your thoughts? [/QUOTE] I always thought Aaron Eckhart would make a good Cap. He looks enough like him. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/4 "2008-07-15T11:35:25Z")
Thor is Dolph Lundgren in a beard. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/5 "2008-07-15T13:05:41Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Thor is Dolph Lundgren in a beard. [/QUOTE] That would be good. Maybe then I could stop calling him “Death from Above.” But I thought Gene Simmons was the God of Thunder? ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/6 "2008-07-15T13:42:19Z")
I thought they were gonna beef up Kevin McKidd for Thor? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/7 "2008-07-15T14:29:00Z")
Wait one sec now - “They” are thinking of _Brad Pitt_ for Thor? Let me repeat that: Brad Pitt… for _Thor_. NBow, I like Brad Pitt. Not everything he does is gold, but he can act and had been in some flicks I really like. I certainly don’t shudder when comes onscreeen. But _Thor_? Sorry. I’ll shut up now. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/8 "2008-07-15T14:35:11Z")
Captain America: Kermit Iron Man: Gonzo Thor: Sweetums The Hulk: Animal Ant-Man: Fozzie The Wasp: Piggy Hawkeye: Lew Zealand The Black Widow: Janice The Black Panther: Rizzo ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/9 "2008-07-15T14:45:05Z")
McConaughey is being rumored for Captain America. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/10 "2008-07-15T16:31:41Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] McConaughey is being rumored for Captain America. [/QUOTE] Wow. That’s spectacularly awful. I mean, he’s got the chin to play a superhero, but the personality is 100% wrong. Captain America is earnest, driven, hardworking, sincere, unconflicted. He isn’t a laid-back pot-smoking bro. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/11 "2008-07-15T17:04:09Z")
I agree. I could see him as the Silver Surfer, though…or at least as a surfer. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/12 "2008-07-15T17:07:10Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] McConaughey is being rumored for Captain America. [/QUOTE] But there’d be no opportunities for him to take his shirt off. Isn’t that in his contract or something? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/13 "2008-07-15T21:59:24Z")
So there isn’t going to be a Vision? Sucks. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/14 "2008-07-15T22:42:41Z")
It’s a ripoff of a comic book. Why would there be a vision? (And I totally thought this was about The Avengers, as in Steed & Peel, when I opened it.) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/15 "2008-07-15T22:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] McConaughey is being rumored for Captain America. [/QUOTE] Oh, please God, no. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/16 "2008-07-15T22:58:43Z")
Maybe Josh Holloway from Lost would be a good Quicksilver. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/17 "2008-07-15T23:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Thor is Dolph Lundgren in a beard. [/QUOTE] The only true Thor is Vincent Donofrio. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/18 "2008-07-15T23:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Captain America: Kermit Iron Man: Gonzo Thor: Sweetums The Hulk: Animal Ant-Man: Fozzie The Wasp: Piggy Hawkeye: Lew Zealand The Black Widow: Janice The Black Panther: Rizzo [/QUOTE] Perfect ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/19 "2008-07-15T23:30:19Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] The only true Thor is Vincent Donofrio. [/QUOTE] You’re making me squick-twitch. Ew! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403/20 "2008-07-15T23:34:12Z")
[QUOTE=foolsguinea] You’re making me squick-twitch. Ew! [/QUOTE] He. Is. THOR! [![](http://fans.donofriofans.com/albums/photos01/Adventures_in_Babysitting_17.sized.jpg) ](http://fans.donofriofans.com/albums/photos01/Adventures_in_Babysitting_17.sized.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cast-the-avengers-movie/456403.md?page=2)