# The movie Kick Ass has both Quicksilvers!!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854 "2017-07-09T17:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/1 "2017-07-09T17:41:40Z")
One of my kids surfed to the movie Kick Ass. The lead is Aaron Taylor Johnson the guy who ended up playing Quicksliver in the Avengers Age of Ultron. As I’m watching it, I realize one of his buddies is played by the actor who played Quicksilver in the X-men movies. Watching them interact is a bit meta. Hmm, why didn’t I know this? Pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/2 "2017-07-09T20:17:10Z")
That is pretty cool, and I didn’t realize it either. **The Fourth Protocol** features two future Alfred the Butlers: Michaels Gough & Caine. And **Bad Company** features two future Perry Whites: Frank Langella & Laurence Fishburne ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/3 "2017-07-09T21:07:03Z")
This sort of thing must happen a lot in Shakespeare works, which are often put on film, and which tend to attract the same actors. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/4 "2017-07-09T21:38:54Z")
[Link to a previous thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728349) which starts off with mention of how APOCALYPSE NOW featured two future Robert E. Lees. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/5 "2017-07-10T00:11:23Z")
[I’m guessing this doesn’t count.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVoDnGVkWCA) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/6 "2017-07-10T02:45:37Z")
Game of Thrones has two Sarah Conners (Lena Headey from The Sarah Conner Chronicles and Emilia Clarke from the last film) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/7 "2017-07-10T09:42:26Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Game of Thrones has two Sarah Conners (Lena Headey from The Sarah Conner Chronicles and Emilia Clarke from the last film) Ah, right. Guess this is a bit more frequent than I realized. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/8 "2017-07-10T13:40:34Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Ah, right. > > Guess this is a bit more frequent than I realized. Interesting. Here’s another one. The 2004 film Crash has two Lt Col James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine: Terrence Howard Don Cheadle Brothers (2009) contains two Spider Mans (Spider Men?) (Gyllanhall, McGuire) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/9 "2017-07-10T15:06:41Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Brothers (2009) contains two Spider Mans (Spider Men?) (Gyllanhall, McGuire) Are you talking about Jake Gyllenhaal? When did he ever play Spider-Man? ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/10 "2017-07-10T16:14:04Z")
The closing shot of _Capricorn One_ shows Elliott Gould and James Brolin, each of whom would play the role of Barbra Streisand’s husband. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/11 "2017-07-10T18:48:17Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > One of my kids surfed to the movie Kick Ass. The lead is Aaron Taylor Johnson the guy who ended up playing Quicksliver in the Avengers Age of Ultron. As I’m watching it, I realize one of his buddies is played by the actor who played Quicksilver in the X-men movies. Watching them interact is a bit meta. > > Hmm, why didn’t I know this? Pretty funny. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olson, the actors playing Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in “Age of Ultron” (and very briefly in “CA: Winter Soldier”), also both appeared just one year earlier in “Godzilla” playing husband and wife, creating a meta-“Eww” moment. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/12 "2017-07-11T01:59:41Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olson, the actors playing Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in “Age of Ultron” (and very briefly in “CA: Winter Soldier”), also both appeared just one year earlier in “Godzilla” playing husband and wife, creating a meta-“Eww” moment. Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson also appeared together in both Ex Machina and Star Wars The Force Awakens. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/13 "2017-07-11T02:02:21Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Are you talking about Jake Gyllenhaal? When did he ever play Spider-Man? He didn’t. I don’t know why I thought he did. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/14 "2017-07-11T02:07:13Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > He didn’t. I don’t know why I thought he did. It’s the mask. ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/15 "2017-07-11T02:55:20Z")
He played Nightcrawler once, though. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/16 "2017-07-11T10:11:57Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olson, the actors playing Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in “Age of Ultron” (and very briefly in “CA: Winter Soldier”), also both appeared just one year earlier in “Godzilla” playing husband and wife, creating a meta-“Eww” moment. Hey, that’s right! And ew. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/17 "2017-07-11T13:09:53Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hey, that’s right! And ew. Bet you didn’t see that coming. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/18 "2017-07-11T13:30:41Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > He didn’t. I don’t know why I thought he did. Because he was a hair’s width away from getting the role for Spider-Man 2. Tobey Maguire was either too hurt or wanted too much of a raise (depending on who you believe), and producers met with Gyllenhaal about taking over. Then Tobey miraculously got better. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/19 "2017-07-11T15:31:27Z")
Actors take new roles. Film at 11. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854/20 "2017-07-11T16:16:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > This sort of thing must happen a lot in Shakespeare works, which are often put on film, and which tend to attract the same actors. The Royal National Theatre staged a version of _Frankenstein_ where the two lead actors would alternate playing the monster and Victor Frankenstein. They were Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-kick-ass-has-both-quicksilvers/790854.md?page=2)