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10 Celebrities Who Almost Played Comic Book Superheroes

Related: anne hathaway, bill murray, celebrities, comic books, Emily Blunt, Entertainment, movies, superheroes

By Cory Dudak Feb 07, 2013

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    Anne Hathaway as The Black Cat/Vultress

    OK, so other than her involvement in the proposed fourth “Spider-Man” film in the Sam Raimi franchise, all that was clear is that Anne Hathaway would be playing a character known as Felicia Hardy. Now, in the comics, this would mean that she would eventually transform into the burglar known as the Black Cat. But according to news sources at the time, she was to play a completely new villain known as Vultress (with John Malkovich set to play the comic book villain The Vulture). But obviously once Sony decided to instead reboot the franchise, this was all lost in translation and Hathaway would go on to play a more iconic cat burglar in the form of Catwoman in “The Dark Knight Rises."

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mike_sorensen

Not really "almost cast", but in Wizard Magazine #7, they listed their own cast for X-Men that skewed a little older:
Schwarzenegger as Colossus
Patrick Stewart (obviously) as Prof. X
Angela Bassett as Storm
And Robert DeNiro as Logan/Wolverine

February 20 2013 at 12:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
fymayawf

If Tom Cruise had been Ironman I wouldn\'t have bothered to see it.

February 13 2013 at 12:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
funnii Bunnii

I wish they would have got someone real hot to play catwoman, Anne Hathaway is far from hot... She\'s pretty, but not hot!

February 12 2013 at 8:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
nannymel

Robert was the best choice.

February 12 2013 at 6:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
bandit11996699

Whew, good thing. Casting Cruise as Iron Man would have been like casting \"Tattoo\" as The Incredible Hulk.

February 12 2013 at 6:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Amy

Sooo glad Tom said no! Because if you look at the comic books, Robert Downey Jr IS Iron man. You couldn't get another actor that looks that close to the role he was portraying.

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Velocity105

It\'s nice to know that most of the time, cooler, smarter heads prevail in these comic book-to-real life movies. I can\'t imagine behaviorally-challenged Cruise playing a superhero, M/Impossible is as far as he should go. And Cage? Jesus, he was washed up after Gone In 60 Seconds. Where he got the money for all those properties that bankrupted him who knows.

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wayneurban

i cant even read this ******* bs cause your ******* ad's are blocking it

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Raysan

I was thinking Mighty Mouse.

February 11 2013 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
oremac216

WTF? Tom Cruise a \"Super hero\"? Give me a Break. Maybe Captain Limp wrist

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