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TheSonOfBattles · 06-01-2004 3:14pm #1

Tom Cruise possibility for Iron Man

Hmm, not sure how I feel about this tbh. Hated most of his films, but after seeing The Last Samurai, I know he can be good in an action film, and can play a complex character well, so not to unhappy if he gets it I suppose. Want to see how the Iron Man suit will look more than anything I suppose tbh.

Sarky · 06-01-2004 3:16pm

Will the suit be based on modern technology and electronics, or will it stay true to the original and use the awesome power of transistors?

][cEMAN** · 06-01-2004 5:37pm

*tee hee*

Yeah he could do it. He's already been seen in a mask and he can work that, think Vanilla Sky.

simu · 06-01-2004 5:54pm

Tom Cruise attempting to be all deep and meaningful whilst playing Ironman. Why do I think that's gonna suck?

smiaras · 06-01-2004 10:30pm

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07-01-2004 12:57am

Is Tom Cruise not a bit small in stature to play a super hero?

simu · 07-01-2004 2:28am

Theres an Iron man video game due this year along with a new x-men, ff and a couple of others.

There's already been an Iron Man game on GBA in 2003 as well as previous outings on SNES & Gameboy.

Most Marvel comic to game adaptations suck anyway.

TheSonOfBattles · 07-01-2004 2:48am

All to true, but at least the Spiderman games for the psx were good.

smiaras · 07-01-2004 10:38am

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Dont be at yourself · 07-01-2004 6:57pm

Tom Sellack is the only man who could do Tony Stark, yes.

][cEMAN** · 08-01-2004 3:05pm

Well who else are you gonna get? I suppose Tom would be grand because of films like Mission impossible making him the hero, and Far and away from when he's drunk.

Plus tony has always been a charmer.

Tom Sellack? No. He's only good for the fact he's the only man to wear that type of moustache and get away with it - EVER!

Though in saying that I suppose you could TRY Nicholas Cage. He's been put forward for a few comic hero roles.

TheSonOfBattles · 08-01-2004 5:32pm

I'd prefer Tom Cruise over Nicholas Cage, mainly because Cage is better at playing slightly off centre characters, and his facial expressions suit that type of character as well, while Cruise at least as stated is the right age, a charmer, can play a drunk(apparantly, never seen it to back me up), and can play a character with some depth anyways from some of his films. Might just be me though.

08-01-2004 9:07pm

It could be worse. At least David Hasselhoff isnt up for the role.:D

Kold · 11-01-2004 11:10am

Tom Cruise is a god

simu · 11-01-2004 2:23pm

I can't think of anyone suitable. They should pick an unknown actor.

TheSonOfBattles · 11-01-2004 6:12pm

Originally posted by Darko
It could be worse. At least David Hasselhoff isnt up for the role.:D

I saw 5 mins of Nick Fury: Agent of Shield before on RTE and wanted to kill myself for punishment.

As for an unknown actor, quite probably they should, but when 2 big name actors go up for the role, most directors don't have the stones to refuse and look for someone who's better suited for the role, especially if there unknown.

12-01-2004 8:45pm

Nick Fury: Agent of Shield made me want to scratch my eyes out.

Cable · 13-01-2004 9:54am

Never seen Nick Fury? Is it really that bad?

I wouldnt worry too much 'bout Tom's stature either, I mean if you have watched MI2 you'l see that Cruise almost matches the height of most of the bad guys in the movie when he's actually a hell of a lot smaller then all of them. I reckon he'l be able to pull off Tony really well...(except for maybe the tasche).

Chance are (with all the weapons and gadgets and stuff) the suit will probably end up being cg when its fully on,

Any idea if and who'l be going up for the role of the war machine? (cant remember his character name?!) Sammy J or maybe even the big dude from The Green Mile might be suitable?

Unpossible · 13-01-2004 4:18pm

yes nick furys movie sucked donkeyballs

13-01-2004 8:55pm

maybe even the big dude from The Green Mile might be suitable?

You mean Michael Clarke Duncan. He was Kingpin in Daredevil also.

Cable · 14-01-2004 4:10pm

Thanks, I seem to be going through a phase where I forget to charge my brain at night...loosing much needed RAM.

But yeah thats the guy I was thinking of, if they even decide to have War Machine in it?

Apart from that article that TheSonOfBattles posted, has there been any other production news? I mean, how likely are we to see a repeat of what has happened with the latest Superman movie?

14-01-2004 7:53pm

I think if done properbly then an Iron Man film could be very good.

I thought I stuck in a nightmare when I read that Justin Timberlake was a possibality for the next Superman. Turns out its true. Please God dont let it be.

TheSonOfBattles · 14-01-2004 8:15pm

Originally posted by Darko
I thought I stuck in a nightmare when I read that Justin Timberlake was a possibality for the next Superman. Turns out its true. Please God dont let it be.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/me goes and hangs self from nearest krytonite lamp post. Oh wait, they don't exist, damn, guess i'll just give the movie a miss then

Art_Wolf · 15-01-2004 7:29pm

Originally posted by Darko
I read that Justin Timberlake was a possibality for the next Superman. Turns out its true.

Oh so many things wrong with that

][cEMAN** · 19-01-2004 10:52am

<Comic Book Guy> Worst casting ever....

AngelofFire · 20-01-2004 9:45pm

I think an iron man movie could potentialy be the best marvel comic book adaptation. we`ve got Iron man whos a very believable superhero in contrast to others like the fantastic four and superman. Tom cruise would be perfect for the role.
A good nemesis would be ED harris or anthony hopkins.

Cable · 21-01-2004 11:26am

Im gonna get shot for saying this...

but as much as i hate the guy, timberlake might juts be a ble to pull it off, i mean he's got the voice over thing covered in several games, and he didnt do THAT badly at the Matrix piss take on MTV...

I dont see how they could cast him in the role of starke though...i mean cruise could pull off a likeness, but i mean the voice and looks would be totaly out of char.. i mean imagine justin with a tasche?!

Ichiro · 22-01-2004 3:53pm

Could Viggo Mort Aragon from LOTR not do it he'd be a good Tony Stark

][cEMAN** · 23-01-2004 1:26pm

Originally posted by Cable
Im gonna get shot for saying this...

but as much as i hate the guy, timberlake might juts be a ble to pull it off, i mean he's got the voice over thing covered in several games, and he didnt do THAT badly at the Matrix piss take on MTV...

I dont see how they could cast him in the role of starke though...i mean cruise could pull off a likeness, but i mean the voice and looks would be totaly out of char.. i mean imagine justin with a tasche?!

OK i'll agree he didn't do too bad in the matrix piss take, but as long as it's not Superman coming out with "Yo Lois fo shizzle my bizzle"

"Peace out Supes!"

Cable · 24-01-2004 11:41pm

I dunno...now that you mention it... justin doing a piss take on superman would be pretty funny to watch

Fysh · 04-02-2004 12:00pm

scary enough as it was to hear that they're considering putting Tom Cruise in as Tony Stark, I read recently that Leonardo di Crappio is "annoyed" at the fact that Cruise is being considered for the role over him.

Someone just kill me now. Could we not just have an unknown play the part, rather than a "look, it's this famous actor pretending to be tony stark" film?

][cEMAN** · 04-02-2004 12:48pm

"Look it's Patrick Stewart pretending to be Charles Xavier"

Yet he pulled that off nicely!!!

Fysh · 04-02-2004 4:13pm

Well, yes...but there's a big difference between Patrick Stewart, who's generally not that hugely famous for blockbuster movies of a non-sci-fi nature, and Tom "Top Gun and a Cocktail" Cruise...

Besides which there's the more important difference that Patrick Stewart is a decent actor.

][cEMAN** · 04-02-2004 5:01pm

Considering that I was such a huge fan of TNG while it was running, and an even bigger fan of patrick Stewart through that (traced back and found a few films he had been in such as Dune etc), if I could believe him to be Xavier, I think then it should be an easy task for Tom Cruise (who is tbh a very good actor) to step into the role of Tony Stark

Fysh · 04-02-2004 6:01pm

It would be possible, yes. But I've never found Cruise to have much range as an actor, certainly nothing comparable to Stewart, and the likeness between Xavier's character and Patrick Stewart in terms of appearance is much closer to my mind that that between Cruise and Stark.

I dunno...I mean, the original Punisher movie wasn't very good, but it was an unknown actor iirc. Tom Cruise is in the same category of actors as Brad Pitt (although I rate Pitt the better of the two) in that their fame has gotten to the stage that there's a lot of suspension of disbelief required when they play a character, simply because they are household names and faces.

Perhaps it's just me - I don't think Cruise could do Tony Stark as anything other than that ridiculous version they had in the 70's, which was Stark as The Big Businessman With A Heart (who was about as convincing as a chocolate kettle, I might add). Whereas for Stark to be interesting, there has to be some sort of nasty side to him (and, while his battles with alcohol and neurodegenerative diseases etc were interesting ideas, they never seemed to fully bloom into proper storylines for me).

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