Casting Call: 60's Avengers

Thor - Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe is a bit long in the tooth to be playing Thor in the 1960's. The man was born in 1908 and was a Olympic gold medalist in 1932. Mike Henry, the former football player who came to fame by playing Tarzan in this era (1960's) would fit better.
 
Robert Conrad as Captain America. Conrad doesn't have the blonde hair, but he has presence and charisma. He exudes tough in a likable way.
 

Vahktang

Donor
John Wayne as Captain America. Admit it, you know you want to see that. :p
Yes, yes I would.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Admit it, you'd watch a Stanley Kubrick comic movie. :p
127 times!
I love Epic Rap Battles.

And we're missing a good opportunity. I present:
Rat Pack Avengers.

Frank Sinatra as Captain America
Dean Martin as Iron Man
Peter Lawford as Ant Man
Shirley MacLaine as The Wasp
Sammy Davis, Jr as Hawkeye

Circa 1965, 5 years after Ocean's 11, the group gathers.
Some because of taxes, some because of a paycheck, most because they have a lot of fun together and because Frank asked.
"Who's the kid," asks Joey.
"My son, Dean Paul," says Dean.
A glance around confirms, watch your language, he's a teen. Dean Paul looks slightly impressed. He'd been around all these people all his life, but not all in one group.
"So, a movie," says Peter. "Ocean's twelve?"
"Another heist film," says Normal. "Do you get to keep the money, this time."
"Probably not," says Lawford, "the Production Code is still in force. 'Criminals shall not profit from their crimes.'"
"That's why my son's here," says Dean.
Dean Paul stands and holds up a comic books: The Avengers.
A groan comes from most of the assembled.
"It's what the kids are reading now. With the British invasion, you're not as relevant as you once were. This will make a good movie."
The group bristles, but Frank calms them down.
"The kid has a plan. Let's listen to the youth."
"Speaking of youth, aren't you all a little long of tooth for capes and such," says Sammy.
"Time travel," says Dean Paul.
"We're going back in time," asks Shirley.
"Forward," says Dean Paul. "The main villain will be Kang the Conqueror, he's a time traveler. He and his communist forces (which gets a nod from the assembled) have conquered the world. You've been fighting and losing for years (which has the group bristle) but Tony, Iron Man, figures out the time machine and you take it forward to destroy his time machine so he can't go back and take over the world."
This brings a confused look.
"It'll work out," says Frank. "I've seen the kid's treatment. We'll get a good writer-"
"Harlan Ellison," says Dean Paul.
"Somebody good," says Frank. "Maybe that guy, Ricardo Montalban, as Kang."
"I'd like to work with him," says Shirley.
"Or Omar Sharif, for the international trade. Get Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida as a lieutenant. Someone from history."
"So I'm Hawkeye, huh," says Sammy. "Doing Will again from the last movie. I thought we were looking for something different."
"I'll trade," says Peter.
"Umh, Ant Man is seriously dating Wasp," says Dean Paul, looking at Sammy, then at Shirley. "She's waiting for him to propose.
Sammy looks at Shirley.
"It's the future. It'll be good for this to be the future," says Sammy. Shirley nods.
"We're good," says Frank, looking at each.
They nod in agreement.
"Let's go have fun," says Dean.

The movie has a more serious bent. The gang makes a bet to sweep the best supporting actor category in the Oscars, which they almost do.
 
John Wayne or Sidney Poitier as Nick Fury ?

come on
Robert Wagner ist best for that role in 1960/70s
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and this is a must
Bill Bixby as Bruce Banner
Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk

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Peter O'Toole as Loki
or Peter Sellers (here as Doctor Strangelove)
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Thing is for this too happen don't you need the superhero genre to already be successful? I mean OTL the MCU came into being in response to the success of the Spiderman and X-Men movies.
 

Vahktang

Donor
Thing is for this too happen don't you need the superhero genre to already be successful? I mean OTL the MCU came into being in response to the success of the Spiderman and X-Men movies.
Says Norman.
"We'll each do a special, a series on TV, six or eight with singing, dancing, sketches," says Dean.
"Show up on each other, as usual," says Frank.
"And each will have a fifteen minute filmed short with your origins," says Dean Paul. "The specials will end a month before the movie, but a week before there'll be all the shorts stitched together as a kind of origin movie in the theatres."
"And people will pay to see something they've already seen on TV," says Sammy.
"On the big screen," says Dean Paul, "sure. Especially with a half hour of new stuff included."
"So, it'll be like we're making two movies," says Peter.
"You'll get paid for both," says Frank.

Frank sings the opening song, Dean sings the closing song, and MacLaine and Davis recreate their dance number on the Oscars.
 
Says Norman.
"We'll each do a special, a series on TV, six or eight with singing, dancing, sketches," says Dean.
"Show up on each other, as usual," says Frank.
"And each will have a fifteen minute filmed short with your origins," says Dean Paul. "The specials will end a month before the movie, but a week before there'll be all the shorts stitched together as a kind of origin movie in the theatres."
"And people will pay to see something they've already seen on TV," says Sammy.
"On the big screen," says Dean Paul, "sure. Especially with a half hour of new stuff included."
"So, it'll be like we're making two movies," says Peter.
"You'll get paid for both," says Frank.

Frank sings the opening song, Dean sings the closing song, and MacLaine and Davis recreate their dance number on the Oscars.

I really like the idea of the Rat Pack doing the Avengers. It could be a good movie. And it could be a "what were they thinking?!" kind of movie.

Yeah, Dean Martin as the playboy Tony Stark.

Vahktang, are you the same Vahktang at the Kenzerco forums?
 
I got to thinking it would be interesting if Hawkeye was made a Native American character for the movies. The only native actor whose name I can recall is Jay Silverheels. Which led my thoughts to Clayton Moore playing Captain America alongsides Jay Silverheels as Hawkeye.

Jack Lord as Nick Fury? I don't know how well-known he was before Hawaii Five-O.

I wonder if Elvis would want to play an Avenger.
 
I got to thinking it would be interesting if Hawkeye was made a Native American character for the movies. The only native actor whose name I can recall is Jay Silverheels. Which led my thoughts to Clayton Moore playing Captain America alongsides Jay Silverheels as Hawkeye.

Jack Lord as Nick Fury? I don't know how well-known he was before Hawaii Five-O.

I wonder if Elvis would want to play an Avenger.

It would be very interesting, but you have to take into account the situation of Native Americans back in the 60's and 70's. Marlon Brando didn't refuse that award for nothing.

A 'Native American' Hawkeye would probably wind up being played by an Italian or Korean even.
 

Sior

Banned
I don’t understand the need for Americans to dress their “super” hero’s in spandex, very worrying in a Freudian way!:rolleyes:
 

Vahktang

Donor
Vahktang, are you the same Vahktang at the Kenzerco forums?
Yes, I am.
Howdy.

I wonder if Elvis would want to play an Avenger.
Gawdz, please no.
[Eddie Murphy]
They let him do movies, he couldn't act.
[/eddie murphy]

I don’t understand the need for Americans to dress their “super” hero’s in spandex, very worrying in a Freudian way!:rolleyes:
Spandex hugs the body, thus it's that much easier to draw.

And how about Charlton Heston as Nick Fury.
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I notice a Major Problem in this debate

some of actors proposed for 1960s Avengers, had no career or were not in Hollywood during 1960s
like eddie murphy who is born 1961, or Arnold Schwarzenegger who emigrade to USA in 1968.
Other like Burt Reynolds were nobodies in Hollywood during 1960s

I propose to spilt up in 60s Avengers, 70s Avenger and 1980s Avenger to match better the actors.
 
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