Monday, April 03, 2017

Blind Item #9

Back in the day, this former A+ list mostly movie actor who is an Academy Award winner/nominee was set to play a superhero. The studio bailed on the movie though and the actor never got a chance. Now though, fast forward three decades and he is begging for a chance to play the superhero now. He feels like he is missing out on all this superhero money and that the studio owes him.

16 comments:

sandybrook said...

Michael Keaton?

Erin B said...

Nic Cage?

Tricia13 said...

Mel Gibson/wants to be in Suicide Squad 2

Tricia13 said...

Or wants to direct for sure(not sure if he would cast himself?)

Guesser said...

These superheroes are getting a little long in the tooth.

andy said...

Nicholas Cage was set to play Superman...

AL said...

He was Batman in Tim Burton's version of Batman.

John said...

I don't think Gibson was ever cast for a superhero movie though.

John said...

I don't think it's Nicolas Cage because he actually played Ghost Rider, which could be considered a superhero, in two movies.

jack said...

Sylvester Stallone

Sean said...

His name was on the list for Wolverine, but I don't know how far that got.

shakey said...

Yes, but he even named his son Kal El (or whatever the frig Clark Kent's real name is).

MikeLA said...

Taking a wild guess here - Kevin Costner. In the 1980s, possibly early 1990s, he was signed to a big screen version of Green Lantern. (Three?) decades later, Ryan Reynolds starred in the GL movie which didn't too well. The Justice League movie is due for release and, while not featuring the character, Green Lantern was an original member of the JL.

majik8bong said...

+1 He's always wanted to play Superman (named his kid Kal-El and has a ridiculous comic collection). Was all set to play the Big S back in the day before the studio decided to go in another direction with another actor.

LiveYourLife said...

This is a little off the beaten path, but Bill Murray was once set to play Batman in a film by Ivan Reitman (Murray's dead-pan persona being seen as akin to Adam West's iconic TV Batman) just about 30 years ago. It fell through, and Tim Burton picked up the property and turned Batman into the dark/brooding figure that was truer to the updated comics of that era.

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