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Tony Stark has hired his secretary! Pepper Potts cast in IRON MAN! Confirmed!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here... after a long day trying to juggle my Sundance schedule (Austin iced over and shut down the airport, canceling my early morning flight tomorrow), I got a call from the good Captain. He's been spying on Iron Man. Something to do with a spat... anyway, they're fighting and his spies reported back to him just who Tony Stark's secretary is going to be.
Pepper Potts will be... Gwyneth Paltrow. So, we have Robert Downey Jr as Stark, Terrence Howard as Rhodes and now Gwyenth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.
Cap'n says this is 100% and there should be official confirmation very soon. I believe him. What do you folks think?
And Viola! Confirmed by Variety!
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But that's just me. I'd even like to see a Dr Strange movie brought to the screen.
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Dammit
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I hope that Gwyenth Paltrow isn't as irritating in Iron Man (if that happens to be verified) as she was in Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow. I just couldn't buy her intrepid reporter with a heart of gold act).
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zekmoe doesn't know WHAT he's talking about...but what else is new? The cast should be filled out with Timberlake as a modern day Ferris Bueller (obviously a cyborg) and Billy Bob Thorton reviving his character from 'Bad Santa' as Iron Man's sidekick. Last but not least, of course, we have Scott Baio as the ORIGINAL Human Torch. Can you say "Academy Award"? Anyone?
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Never been a fan of her, but what the hell is she doing anyways? She is about equal to Katie Holmes I suppose. This casting list could equal Batman Begins.
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Famouser is a word dickheads.
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Is he/she related to Gwyneth Paltrow? I never realized how weird her name looks spelled out. If she's playin' "Pepa" then who's playin' "Salt"? Arrivederci...
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Does anybody else know who she is? Anyway, Google her. Pretty, smart, would've made a great Pepper in my book. Gwyneth is an interesting choice. Can't say I can picture her in the role, but she lends some (extra) class to the proceedings.
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whole movie bombs
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...was at the end of 'Se7en'
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Superherohype says that this is a beginning concept art for the costume. http://tinyurl.com/23tuqm I don't know if I believe them or not but either way everything from this movie is headed in the right direction. Lets hope it continues.
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and she's a pretty big star, which means Pepper Potts' role is gonna be pretty big. because that's what we want to see, right? less ironman, more bullshit with gwyneth paltrow. teh suck.
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Quite a middle aged cast we got going here?
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Gwyneth does not please fanboys...or men in general, except for Chris Martin of course. I think she's ok in some stuff ( I like Shakespeare In Love and fuck you.) but WHY THE FUCK CAST HER AS A FEISTY REDHEAD?????? Michelle Monaghan woulda been much much better, and we know she has brilliant chemistry with Downey too.
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She has one kid named Apple. Here she is playing Pepper...how long before she plays someone named or names her next kid 'Cantaloupe'?
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I read "Robert Downey, Jr. as (Tony) Stark" I want to laugh out loud.
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How will she shoot her scenes from the UK? Or does she hide out in Paris since she disowned the US? Or since the US disowned her? Knowing she's in it has absolutely ruined this movie for me.In other news, her husband's BLEW when I saw them open for U2 at Slane Castle in Ireland some years ago.
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I have faith in Favreau (ANYONE who can make a movie watchable every day for 30 straight days is a star in my book -- yeah, my 4-year old daughter loves Elf...) but this just seems like a film that the actors will end up apologizing for in years to come. Plus, I'm sorry, I really can't stand Gwyneth Paltrow.
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This movie will be as good as Daredevil and Ghost Rider and thats not good.
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Great, all we need is her shot out body and her flap jacky tits in a cool Iron Man movie with her holier than thow attitude and bunk face..... Dam I was excited....
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robert downey jr. as iron man his hilarious! I didn't know that till I read it in the story about gwyneth. you know, it's a good fit though, considering tony is a drunk and bobby downey is a crack head.
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I could care less about who is cast. But all the A-list Talent at least has me interested. I love all you guy who think Terrence Howard should be Stark. I fell in love with that idea way too much.
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fucking insane! Someone is gunning for Best Comic Book Movie Since Spider-Man, methinks. Now cast Donnie Yen as The Mandarin already. Although I don't think he has the acting chops for this crew. Anthony Wong? Chow?
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Here today... gone tomorrow...
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There was a rumor of this movie Over 2 years ago that is was going to star The Mighty Midget Tom Cruise and the bad guy was going to be his father because (The Mandarin was too politically Incorrect). I liked the Mandarin from the 90's cartoon especially that 2nd season where he was question to get the 10 rings back. So I am hyped to see the Mandarin if I would say they should get Watanabe but he did batman or that guy from Mortal Kombat. But he was in Mortal Kombat. a little off topic but those two could make a awesome vageta if they ever did a live action DBZ.
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Or someone *like* her? They need
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no thanks.
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...I fucked her
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Boo.
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my bad
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Clever use of the "GOTTA EAT" phenomenon. Hats off to you, sir.
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That's Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa. And yes, he would kick ass.
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I think someone's feeling around for a reaction on Paltrow's Possible Pepper Potts Portrayal!
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...that odds are good Pepper Potts is gonna get WAY too much screen time for an IRON MAN movie.
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just trying to match your powerful "p" process pal! that was pretty awful for me actually. perhaps its time for little deusy to go to bed...
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Who ever posted that IM concept art should also know that the same artist who drew IM for Marvel is also conceptualizing the Armor for the movie. Adi Granov.
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And Downey Should Bite the jugular out of the first bad guy that attacks him in the armor.
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Now BSB my Knowledge of the Mandarin is spotty at best, and i know nothing of the Comic version But The Mandarin Martial Arts expertise were not his strong suit. Yen is too young and I'm still waiting for him to do something cool in Blade II.
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not that anybody cares! Donnie Yen is the SHIZZ-DOUBLE-NIT!
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...of most of the major Marvel movies having HORRIBLY mis-cast female roles. Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Connelly, the upcoming Bryce Howard fiasco... (The only movies to get it right have been the X-Men flicks. Flame away, if you must, but you know it's true...)Look, I'm not saying these women aren't talented actresses. But they were completely wrong for the roles they portrayed.But back to Gwyneth... if you pull the old 60's Iron Man books, you'll see that Pepper actually had a pretty big role in the stories, as the secretary and token pining female. So it stands to reason that she might have more screen time than you'd think in the feature film. But... it shouldn't be Gwyneth. Find someone relatively unknown and spunky... with REAL red hair and freckles, for God's sake.
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God what wrong with me tonight I'm still mourning Black Bauer I guess.
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Just watch.
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Hasten the crapification with inappropriate cleavage. Paltrow will just put her sad face on to show that she's a serious artiste.
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And Crack Baby will be your next American Idol.
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I actually think Gwyneth Paltrow is a competent actress. I hope this means that Favreau is putting some levity into this film. In fact, this has me more excited for the direction of this film.
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Odd choice.
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I think maggie would be a good choice, but I always think of her brother whenever I see her. however, if I could see her hoots, or even her taint, I might stop thinking of her brother, at least I hope so.BSB-good work my friend. I'm off to bed, but I'll have this photo burned in my head. don't tell the wife, she thinks I go to bed thinking of, never mind...
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ADIOS MIO!
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Ok body, Sleestak face. Give me Salma Hayek over that any day of the millenium.
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...for Pepper Potts '08
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who cares about Iron Man. I'm excited for the JUSTICE EPISODE OF SMALLVILLE ON THURSDAY! JUSTICE LEAGUE COMES TO SMALLVILLE! SMALLVILLE! THE JUSTICE LEAGUE COMES TO SMALLVILE! JUSTICE! www.kryptonsite.com
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Hope your Penelope laced dream isn't too lucid, you might make a mess...
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Lex Luthor is building an army. Only the Justice League can stop him. This Thursday on Smallville.
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Justice League. This Thursday. Only on Smallville.
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sorry, couldn't help it.
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though Nikki Cox is a nice idea too..
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OK, I think I'm done.
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pepper pots was supposed to be a redhead with freckles. yeah, that resembles gwyneth paltrow. stupid. this movie sounds worse with every minute. how about getting joel schumacher to co-direct and make it complete crap.
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... that the universally revered and recognized iconic figure of Pepper Potts should be miscast!
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... she's a natural redhead, right?
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as Elektra. Oops too late.
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Jan 16, 2007 10:55:56 PM CST
Miscasting a supporting figure can donkey punch a movie
by s-mart shopper
JarJar Binks, anyone? True he wasn't mis-cast, so much as just being a character to begin with, but you see my point.
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Jan 16, 2007 10:56:35 PM CST
Gwyenth Paltrow should play a zombie. She looks dead.
by flim springfield
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It'd be better too, if Clark wasn't such a whiney pussy!
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crackwhore because, she looks like a crackwhore.
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Last Man Standing I:Michael Jai White 0
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tree because Apple doesn't fall far from it.
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a cowbell and join Coldplay. I GOT A FEVER!
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with her taint and forget about acting.
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that seals it- ait't watchin this trainwreck
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Coolio's bitch in Undisputed III.
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Downey and Howard are the only cast that TRULY matters. Unless of course Pepper Potts had a prominent role, then we might be in trouble. I'm more interested in seeing who will play The Mandarin!
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She had the right look. Of course, that was twenty-two years ago. For Stark, I had in mind either Robert Nouri or Dirk Benedict in my pitch. Bill Paxton as Happy Hogan. Plus, I had Iron Man fight the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man which would have been more interesting than the Mandarin. Alas, it was New World and they were slowly going under.
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Jan 16, 2007 11:27:30 PM CST
Ironman must only be able to move his arms up&down.....
by gibsonusa returns
......and his legs forwards and down. Like a man with long metal tubes over his arms and legs. To look behind him he must wobble and turn his whole body around. That is the only way I accept this movie.
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and guess what.. yep, so is Christina Hendricks
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the Silver Surfer's surf board.
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cause they should.
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She was so innocently adorable in Wedding Crashers, I almost felt guilty jerking off to her. Almost.
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... redhead, check. Can handle humor if necessary, check. Hot, check. Fresh face, check. Basically everything opposite of what we call... Paltrow. And S mart shopper... perfect casting on the Silver Surfer's board!
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Don't look now but theres a full on ad campaign in my TB.
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I just wasn't ready for THIS.
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... oh, and something about somebody gotta eat or something. Yeah.
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Well, at least she's keeping it consistent.
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and I mean that sarcasticly. They get an awesome actor to play Tony, so now they have to get this twit? I think her mother is a better actress and a better personality in general. I try to avoid this woman at all costs and now I'm forced to see her in a movie and I can't use that "at all costs" line anymore.
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Comic book character this is pointless He would have been better off with a new character.
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Jan 17, 2007 1:40:10 AM CST
The award for most gratuitous use of exclamation points
by bannedontherun
goes to...THIS HEADLINE! Accepting the award will be... Gwyneth Paltrow! (applause)Thank you all. First, I'd like to take this opportunity to return the Oscar I stole to its proper owner, Cate Blanchette. (applause)
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Elektra is supposed to be a mysterious, dark skinned, raven haired beauty whose looks could make you faint before she even started kicking yer butt. Not a green eyed, pasty skinned, mousy haired, slightly better than average looks, girl next door. And the "costume" sucked in Daredevil and the apology costume in the Elektra movie was even weaker. Roselyn Sanchez is the closest thing to a perfect Elektra we could have had. Come on comic geeks - vote on it - you know she'd have been perfect. X-men DIDN'T get the casting right BTW - Halle Berry was totally wrong - I can't think of any particular tall amazonish chicks at the moment but even though she's the same size I think Vivica Fox would have been better. Famke Janssen was kinda close but made up right (and wearing a bra) Kirsten Dunst would have been better. A no accent Rogue? Sugar, please. Oh yeah, they screwed up her whole backstory anyway so who cares I guess. A bony frail guy playing Magneto? No offense to Ian but even James Brolin would have been a better choice. Katie Holmes would make a better Kitty Pryde than a Rachel Dawes. There are others but I think the 2 successful castings were of course Patrick Stewart and Alan Cumming - guess when they found out he was gay and had a devilish tail it was bound to offend someone - although I'm not sure if it was bestiality folks (pro AND con) or gay rights folks. Main rant complete - stifling the rest. If they are going with the Tony Stark becomes a drunk story then they should go with the original costume as well. But then I always preferred the old school one instead of the one I saw in that art - reminds me too much of Ultron. And of course if they go witth the alcoholic storyline, that means Downey would absolutely have to get the hairstyle he had in Natural Born Killers.
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At least that would make ONE thing about her interesting.
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Elektra was indeed miscast. Personally I would prefer to see Maggie Q play the part, but oh well. Its not even that Jennifer Garner wasn't hot, cause she was... she just didn't LOOK the part, and the scripts of the two movies didn't have Elektra ACTING LIKE Elektra. As for Storm, if X-Men would have been made 10 years earlier, I think Angela Basset would have been perfect. In modern times, maybe Gina Torres, though I'm not sure how she would look with white hair. Halle Berry's accent changed with each X-Men movie, and by the 3rd movie it was gone completely. Horrible actress, seriously. Famke did pretty good in the role, but was it me, or did she look a lot older in X-Men 3 compared to X-Men 1? Perhaps they should have casted younger. Not really sure who would have played it better though, to be honest. I saw no problem with Kitty Pryde in X-Men 3 other than lack of serious character development. That is to blame on the script, not the actress. I think Robert Downey Jr. will be great in the role of Tony Stark, and I am VERY grateful that it is not Tom Cruise! Nice to see Terrence Howard taking a chance on a comic book movie... and if this becomes a franchise, he could easily get a much bigger role, as his character took over the Iron Man suit at one point.
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... that the Fantastic Four wedding scene should at least have uncredited cameos by actors from other Marvel movies. Peter Parker taking pictures for example (the FF ARE celebrities afterall).
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Maggie Q seems a possibility - no thoughts on Roselyn Sanchez, tho? The woman is smokin' hot and exudes mystery - I look at Maggie and expect her to be quiet but more in a shrinking violet kind way. I could see Gina Torres possibly as Storm and possibly Angela Basset back in the day, but we're definately heading in the wrong direction height-wise. If we did that I'd have to nominate Julia Channel, then Tabitha Cash for Elektra and then.....oh jeez, I keep this up and I'll be downloading porn again. Nevermind.
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That movie would of been 100% better without her. They should of went with Scarlett Johansson for Iron Man, she is who Tony would chose ( if I wuz casting this lol).
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But then again, I think she should be in everything. Especially my pants.
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Anna Malle as either Elektra or Jean Grey - she'd make an awesome Dark Phoenix. Ooops - nevermind - she's roadkill.
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She is an elegant beauty. Also, not a bad actress, so I don't see how this can be a bad thing.With every step he takes, Mr Favreau seems to make the classy choice, which just makes this film more and more interesting to me. Who'd have thought the clown out of Seinfeld would be making such a good-looking film?
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Any update on whether or not Favreau will be reprising this role for Iron Man? He mentioned it once before, but it didn't sound definite. These Marvel movies really need to connect more, even if only a little! The closest thing so far is the mention of Dr. Strange in Spider-Man 2, the "cameo" of Wolverine in Fantastic Four (even though it was a deleteds scene), and thats pretty much it.
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Though her role in M:I:3 was pretty small, I thought Maggie Q was decent, and would for sure make a better Elektra than Jennifer Garner. Roselyn Sanchez is hot, and looks a LOT like ELektra, but I'm not really into her acting, so I don't know. I think Gina Torres would definitely ACT more like Storm than Halle Berry could anyday. Other than that, I can't think of too many other actresses that might fit the role "just right". As for downloading porn, isn't that the sole purpose of the internet nowadays?
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No responses to my porn starr casting ideas. Porn stars gotta eat.
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yeah, Chasey Lain should get more work
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Yes, porn stars gotta eat... my dick!
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Now I'M starting to feel like downloading porn. DAMN YOU SNOMUSIC! ... so, know where to score some free, virus-free porn?? Now, back to your regular broadcast... Isla Fisher for Pepper Pots, Mel Gibson for the director of AvP3, and the next VS movie must be Gary Busey vs Nick Nolte, FTW!
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He's on a mission from God and slimmed down on Celebrity Fit Club.
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This time... in space!
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...but I don't do that anymore. Faith and all that ;o) Just remember some names. And Nick Nolte is Gary Busey's secret identity so it'll never happen. Shhhhhhh! Don't tell anyone!
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While we're on the subject, Whoopi Goldberg is a runt Predator... Keira Knightley is really a clone of Natalie Portman, and her scientific name is Natalie 2.0.... Jay from Jay and Silent Bob, has a dual identity, and played in Freddy vs Jason as the guy who gets cut in half after smoking weed... Michael Myers and Jason have been the same person all along... Vin Diesel played under a stage name on the recent season of The Sopranos, and got beat up by Tony... and finally, contrary to popular belief, the zombies in Dawn of the Dead '04 are actually the same crazy guys from 28 Days Later, but they wanted it kept secret, as part of their contract.
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who is absolutely incapable of surprising you. In other words, boring, as others have said. She is a low-energy, low-wattage woman. She'd be good at playing an opium addict. And she doesn't seem "classy", as many claim. Actually, she seems utterly Banana Republic--i.e., American yuppie. And her looks are below average, by movie star standards. And her body is a droopy-shouldered, scrawny, saggy mess. I'm not *really* being a hater--I just can't stand how the public overrates some stars for no discernible reason. Kate Winslet and Rachel Weisz--now those are actresses with energy and sparkle and class. (By the way, Jennifer Connelly is beautiful but acts every character as a sad-sack, weepy wimp woman. I don't think she has any acting range at all.)
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to send oh_riginal to Hollywood, 'cause every idea he has is solid gold. But you just know his first day on the job someone would say, "Here, we're putting you in charge of Underdog 2: Back to the Bone," and he'd say, "Um, OK." That town'll kill ya.
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You know, thats probably true. How depressing....
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Apple's Mommy is Insufferable. But who cares about this micky mouse bullshit, you want the fanboys on board SHOW US THE SUIT! I heard Stan Winston wants to make an actual physical Iron Man suit.....
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Why not?
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Sounds good this.As long as the story is good I care not who is in the movie.
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the person is upset or talking out of their ass. Congrats Mr. P. Lant. You are a dickhead.
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I need a better reason to see this.
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that failed for the following. It sounded hollow. The story was hard to follow. There was no backstory to any of the characters so the audience was floundering trying to work who the hell all of these people were. The actors were so bland that they fitted into the background like wall paper. Anyone in the uk who saw the the very witty Star Stories episode on Angeline Jolie well realise that she real is a vampire. Those who disagree, should ask themselves whatelse do you call someone who carries a vile of blood around their neck. The Star Stories ep about Catherine Zeta was one of funniest things I have seen in along and the way they wrote in Mick Hucknall as a jumped up money grabbing mancunian was the best not forgetting the glorious way they lampooned Micheal Douglas as sex addict. And then there was the one with Sadie frost......
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Well at least they are going with real actors and not trying to cash in with a half-ass rap artist; oh wait...
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before I judge this too harshly. Still not sure about the Downey casting, but could work out. T. Howard is fine, but Gwyneth...this did not need to be filled by a 'famouser' star. And let's hope, pray that she doesn't do a SkyCaptain performance (using that term loosely).FF2 will still be better than Superman returns again or II or whatever it'll be called.
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This is the smartest choice these Iron Man types have made so far. With all due respect to brobdingnag, I love that Downey does not look like a typical hero. At this point in our sociological development, we are all pretty familiar with the unstoppable muscular action guy, so why not try something a little different? Besides, this is a guy who fights crime in a mechanical suit that can fly and shoot lasers. Probably, it even has built-in roller skates, a fifty megapixel camera, and can store up to 10,000 mp3s. You don't need a Frazetta physique for that. I say, make this a more flawed and vulnerable character when not in the iron outfit. It's more interesting that way.
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do you look at Tobey and think, wow, he's Spider-man! He's not what I would call your typical hero, and I think that series is doing rather well...
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Seriously, has anyone seen how big that guy has become in the decade since he made Swingers? Where did this "Gotta Eat" thing come from anyway? It sounds like something Turtle from Entourage would say...
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Will no one think of the children?
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Well, my enthusiasm for this project just took a severe nose-dive. I guess that MySpace blog where Favreau was field suggestions for casting Pepper was all a big scam then, because most of the respondents wanted Jewel Staite from FIREFLY/SERENITY. Me, I was hoping for Rachel McAdams, but Jewel would have been awesome as well. Certainly better than Gwyneth Paltry-Performance.
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tammi littlenut from strangers with candy coz she's got red hair! but i always thought tom hanks circa big or the mermaid movie would've been good for peter parker. likeable dork type of thing
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Paltrow is on record as not taking roles that AT ALL require changes in her kids schedules. That was the case with Sky Captain where she filmed very briefly on a sound stage (and that was with just the one kid). With 2 kids in tow now, I'd expect that Pepper is a medium small sized role at best but she must make an impression in the small time she has.
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FTW. That is all.
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I hear ya about the lack of funny quips - Spidey needs to let the zingers fly. Not keen on your Norton casting though. Unless Spidey loses his mind and starts a fight club.
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Jan 17, 2007 8:10:03 AM CST
I'd say it was more like a visit to a British Shipyard
by ricky henderson
...circa 1600.
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First that troll Dunst as MJ, now this? I mean, I'm one of the 5 people who loved Sky Captain, but I readily admit that the worst thing about it was Gwyneth Paltrow. Action is not her element. Whoever said Isla Fisher was dead on, that'd probably work. It would also skew younger in an otherwise older cast. Jewel Staite would maybe work, too. Sometimes I think Hollywood doesn't want these films to work, so they shoot themselves in the foot on purpose casting-wise...
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Her heyday was during the mid 1990s with films like Seven, Emma, Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley. But since 2000, she has made one dud after another and her looks have faded. I don't think she will add much to this movie. She probably took it because it's a small role, a high-profile film, a quick payday, and a chance for her kids to see her in something.
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It's funny you say that about Favreau. I remember when I first saw him in Swingers, the first thought I had about him was: 'Now, that is a fat guy who is in good shape.' You just knew he was going to blow up at some point. I don't blame him, though. Having spent some time in the US, I have great respect for any Americans who can keep their weight down. With all that delicious American food, I would be Brando fat if I lived there.
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And Laura Prepon would've been a perfect Mary Jane. As for DOwney in the IM armor, I think that's a great move. I probably would've liked Howard even better in that role, but he will make a fine Rhodes. Paltrow's never done a thing for me. She's just one of those cases of celebrity I don't get. I agree with Yack on Keaton, though. He was the second best movie Batman and may have been the best Bruce Wayne. Now sing the Iron Man theme song with me: Iron Man, Iron Man...does whatever an Iron can. Presses shirts, presses pants...gee those people look like ants. Look out! Here comes the Iron Man! Can he drink, listen bud...his alcohol is two percent blood. Watch him drink from a flask...see the puke come out his mask. Look out! There goes the Iron Man!
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People are saying this is a small role for Ms Paltrow, but is it really? I admit, I'm not overly familiar with the comics, so I don't know too much about the character. Is she a love interest for Iron Man? If so, couldn't Paltrow have been chosen precisely because she's not a young thing anymore. Downey is forty-odd, after all. I love Jewel Staite as much as the next Firefly nutbag (okay, maybe not THAT much), but isn't she in her mid-twenties?
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Why the hell is Peter Cullen doing promo narration on CNN? CNN knows the tightness of his voice. Optimus Prime presents the War on Terror. Fucking Awesome.
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GOTTA PAY THE BILLS!
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IRON MAN II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
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I like Yackbacker's idea with Spidey - flashing forward about 10 years would allow them to fix the whole Kirsten Dunst casting mistake and get someone who a) can act and b) is actually hot. Because MJ is not supposed to be some kind of girl-next-door, she's supposed to be the kind of girl a guy like Peter Parker shouldn't be able to get, but he does anyway. You'd think Hollywood wouldn't have a problem erring on the side of implausibility when the story requires it, but I guess Dunst is proof. The whole storyline's screwed up anyway at this point, only a reboot (or, to a lesser extent, a flash-forward) can fix it.
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that is not a good selling point for Eddie Yack, though I know what you are saying with the Parker persona.Childe, don't worry, the Iron Man suit is self-cleaning, so no worries about puke. I'm sure the drunken bastard thought of that.
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now can a great cast make a great movie?
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You're right about Michelle Monaghan, but the age difference was a bit of a stretch - plus Staite is another six years younger than her. Honestly, I think that would be a little icky. Not quite Sean Connery fucking Catherine Zeta Jones icky, but still...As for Paltrow, I respectfully disagree. I have always found her to be very beautiful. Not the sex bomb type, maybe, but nice to look at all the same.
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That dumb bitch is another "actress" who was handed a career and blew it with her gay retard attitude.
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Eva Green as Spider-(Wo)Man? This could be a nice road to discovery of who they both really are...
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Rachel McAdams should have been Susan Storm.Gina Torres should have been storm (5-10 years earlier Basset all the way).Christina Hendricks shoule have been Pepper Potts or anything!I think Michelle Monaghan would've been good too.I also agree that Mary Jane and Elektra were miscast. Saying this I have nothing against the actresses who got the roles, I love MOST of them, but they didn't fit.Also, Morena Baccarin or Anne Hathaway for Wonder Woman depending on which way they go with it.P.S. I loved Maggie Q in M:I:3. That dress! She looked SO good as she blew up the Lambo.
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In my Famke Janssen and Anna Paquin addled hormone haze, I completely forgot Halle Berry as Storm. Okay, I'm a big enough man to admit that ALL the Marvel movies have had miscast female leads.Giggity, adding a little dash of maturity to the AICN experience(And, was it me, or did Ellen Page seem completely *grumpy* in every scene she had in X3?...)
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Was Christina Applegate too busy or something? She would have even made a better Invisble Woman. Paltrow is annoying, period.
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Cast her in anything! My home movies included.Just pillow talk: that movie sounds hot!! I'm all for hot women "rediscovering themselves" with each other.Yackbacker: lmao, Spanish Spiderman that would rock. Didn't they make a Spiderman manga in the 70s. Bring on Japanese Spiderman. And throw in every cool Japanese cliche: Samurai and Ninja, hot schoolgirls, giant robots and giant monsters. Webslinging through Tokyo baby!!Yackbacker: Your Transformers on CNN bit made me laugh so hard, it hurt.
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That was pretty funny. Twisted, but funny.
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if Prime and Megatron were on Crossfire, you know they would be grilling Prime about his illicit affair with that fat intern. THAT is why it got sugar in his coffee. He never calls her anymore, and she is very distraught.
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...fairly well for a Wednesday. I'd pay good money to see SNL do a Transformers Crossfire skit. But the cast isn't cool enough to pull that off. Seth Green's Robot Chicken is probably our only hope for that. Paltrow really is the anti-sexy. Kind of like Chevy Chase is the anti-funny. And that cross-dressing Arquette kid is the anti-manly (not that there's anything wrong with that). Unless we all start insulting each other soon, this could well become the anti-talkback.
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since there's nothing wrong with that!
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Why is it you jerks cast white bread Jennifer Garner as the Greek assassin Elektra? Then you cast the saucy, vaguely ethnic looking Jessica Alba in the role of ultimate white bread honky superheroine Sue Storm? Is there some shortage of blonde actresses that fit the look? Then you cast the blondest actress on earth, Kate Bosworth, to play the very brunette Lois Lane? What's up with that? It's like casting agents can't be bothered to do their job these days. The point of adapting an existing work for the screen is to create an experience that is entertaining as a film while remaining as true as possible to its source material. This should be tatooed on the forehead of every film executive, director, everybody right down to the prop guys. Because otherwise, you end up with Howard the Duck.
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HORRIBLE. TERRIBLE AND BAD EVEN.. GROSS.
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I think Favs is trying to get some weight to this movie by bringing in these quality actors. Maybe he's trying to make a more serious comic film as opposed to the camp of a FF movie.
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So you bring in Gweny, who can really carry a scene and isn't just something to look at.
You have to admit, this movie will be worth the ticket just to see Downey, Howard, and Paltrow in a juicy scene together.
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As YackBacker said, Hollywood doesn't really care about the fans or the material; they only PRETEND like they do. The reality is that many of these casting choices have nothing to do with who is right for the role and everything to do with money, marketability, and personal relationships. Do you think agents and managers care about who SHOULD be playing Pepper Potts? Of course not. They are hustling to get their clients work so they can make money. So while we are all stewing about Paltrow's casting, her agents, managers, and lawyers are congratulating themselves on another 10% commission they have earned.
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...Pepper's hip, urban cousin - Coffee Potts!!!
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Take the boring bitch Paltrow back to the US and take the boring husband back with her and his shitty blander than bland music with himI really cannot think of a more boring couple. I jussss cannnnnnnn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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That spoiled brat doesn't like America. She prefers the English because they don't talk about money and jobs at the dinner table. Apparently, this (and a "rock star" husband) equals culture...
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Flower Potts. Their Herbally challenged 2nd cousin.
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do you guys think she will do well in this opposite Downey and Howard?
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I know what you mean about her.
Hal is the last time I really watched her in anything. However, she was strong in Ripley and Se7en. From what I've read, Favs has a way of really getting some good performances out of his actors.
As far as Downey and Howard, I really see them in some great scenes together. People will say that they are ill-suited, but I bet the same was said of Brando in Superman.
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I suppose Gwyneth is a decent actor. Although, I don't think she has done anything worthwhile in several years. Pepper Potts is probably her attempt to get back in the game. (Not to mention her appearance on "Inside the Actors' Studio" was a snoozefest.)Unfortunately for me, I'll never be able to watch the movie, "Sliding Doors" ever again. The half of the movie when she has the shorter blonde hair - she's a dead ringer for a woman who crushed me a few years ago. So, I'm probably a little biased against that good-for-nuthin', rock star marrying, New York/Hollywood/London socialite. ;^)
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...but whatever consenting adults do to, on or near each other in the privacy of their own homes doesn't make the list. Life's too short, you know?
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Jan 17, 2007 2:31:07 PM CST
Melting Potts of different actors could be interesting
by just pillow talk
Now with the Children of Men boys on the script, does that mean the script will have some dark humor? Or was that more Alfonso you think? Now it would be great if an Avenger or two popped up at the end so that The Avengers could finally have a movie.
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Keeping the Faith in the same freak'n day Yack! Is nothing sacred?Except if it's hot chick on chick action, that should be made public. Life's too short not to have that shared.
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Made in the USA. It matters.
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thanks, I just choked on the coffee I was drinking from nearly drowning in laughter. Please be more considerate in the future when being funny in a talkback.
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I will admit, she does nothing for me on the personal level, but I think she has some good scenes left in her.
Hopefully Favs can prove that.
The "Inside the Actor's Studio" was pretty boring. I know I wouldn't want to share conversation with her at the dinner table.
I can't watch "Alien" for the same reason. That thing reminds me too much of an ex. Extra protruding mouth and everything! When she'd be down there and... you know, doing stuff. OH THE PAIN!!!!
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I fucking HATE Paltrow. This movie is ruined for me. I want to punch her in the face.
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the best thing that could happen is if the taxi cab that MaryJane is in were to fall and crush an innocently passing by Pepper Potts, everyone would be happy? I admit, technically it will be difficult because they are two different movies coming out in different years, but that's just logistics. Make it happen people!
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That's hilarious.
My buddies and I always quote that scene. :0
"Of course you can't. You've got a shoe stuck in your mouth"
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in The Royal Tenenbaums and Shakespeare in Love. I'm sure the role of Pepper Potts will not make or break this movie. If Katie Holmes couldn't ruin Batman Begins, then I think we're ok with this one.
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have a deep seated desire to punch Paltrow in the face, rent "Infamous" and watc hehr singing cameo in the opening scene. Got it's atrocious. She has no talent other than pouting on screen. The only reason she is a star is because she is "Hollywood Royalty" and her parents puleld strings.
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or brad pitt... seriously though they have to go all out now... if they give us a no name actor playing the villain up against these stars its going to look fucking lame.
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from Buffy. The somber tone of the movies is one of the only things about them that are a SEVERE departure from the comics.
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I think Jessica Biel has the right body type, but she isn't WW. Anne
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if not and she lays down between takes, Downey might try and snort her up.
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That's the real headline, because I don't know whatthefuck this broad is doing in a superhero movie playing a secratery.
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... Elizabeth Banks as Betty Brant. She is HOT! I don't even have a problem with Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane personally, but its a damn shame when the actress playing Betty fucking Brant is hotter than the lead actress, especially when that actress is playing Mary Jane Watson, who I (sadly) thought of as the hottest marvel character! ....Mel Gibson for AVP3, Isla Fisher for Pepper Pots, and Gary Busey vs Nick Nolte must be made into a movie.
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she is still extremely sexy but couldn't pull off WW because of the accent.
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Belucci for WW for years. I think she'd be perfect...5-10years ago. It just wouldn't work now, despite her crazy hotness. What if she played WW's mother?As for WW: Morena Baccarin or an unknown. I'd prefer if they go with an unknown. However, I'd still like to see Hathaway in the WW costume....doesn't have to be for the movie. ;P
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If Downey doesn't mistake her for a line of coke.
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I'd rather fuck a hobbit than watch this movie.
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I think her name is Kristina Hendricks but I always thought she looked like Pepper Potts from the comics...cute redhead. But I have no problem with Gwyneth Paltrow, always liked her. My dream cast would have been Jeremy Northram as Tony Stark, Henry Simmons from NYPD Blue as Rhodey, the keymaker from Matrix as Professor Yin Sen and Chow Yun Fat as the Mandarin.
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Jan 18, 2007 2:23:30 AM CST
Wow, another CRAPTACULAR Marvel movie headed our way...
by triumph poops!
I thought getting Downey for Tony Stark was an interesting idea -- after all there's no question the guy can act and he is personable onscreen. I mean you can sort of see him in the role. But Paltrow is just a flat out HORRIBLE choice. She's vastly overrated as an actress -- frankly her acting is as flat as her chest -- and let's be honest, in terms of genre work she sucked the literal life out of every frame she was in in SKY CAPTAIN. Seriously, you watch that movie and she's just atrocious. And to pick HER of all people to be the "red-headed hot sexy secretary" to playboy Stark is truly one seriously BAD decision on Favreau's part, which makes me begin to think we'll have yet again another lesser Marvel movie on our hands. Wow, great -- that's just what the world was clamoring for!
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more bitching = disgruntled fanboysdisgruntled fanboys = hateful talkbackshateful talkbacks = transformers talkbackstransformer talkbacks = comedy gold
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But how much of the irksome simper are we expected to take?
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no somber in spidey comics? check out the kraven storyline, some of the venom storyline, the gwen stacy stuff even.. hell the godawful pustule that was the clone saga was somber personified. i'm sure there are many others. problem with comics (and the departure argument vis a vis movies) is they have too many storylines, so that within 50 years of publishing, nearly every type of storyline will be represented and someone can always come out and say, 'yes but the original sue storm WAS a minx so that justifies jessica alba etc' - i don't agree with a lot of these choices and i don't like the spider-man movies very much (treacly stuff especially) but it's difficult to level the 'departure from the comics' argument at them when the comics themselves have had such varied stories and themes. just, like, saying.
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movie Yack, with Salma Hayek and Eva Green.
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Now, with Paltrow in the role, she'll be IMPORTANT™.
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They must think it's a huge mistake, because they keep on writing it as "should of". Well, for the one or two who care, "should've" is not a mistake. It's the way it's supposed (not "suppose" btw) to be written. It's a contraction for "should have." And by the way, when people "too boring" instead of "to boring," that's not a mistake either.
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i also can't stand the "off of" as in, 'he jumped off of the bridge.' one too many prepositions there... "inside of" same thing. this grates nearly as badLY to me as 'acrosst' or 'couple things' which of course is missing the same godamn preposition that we errantly stick in the first phrase at the top of my fucking rant!
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I guess we should of all know it bettered...
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I had to read (well, skim) all the way down to DevilCat's remarks wondering if anyone here had any idea who Pepper Potts was? She was the plain secretary who had a crush on him that he was completely oblivious about. Playing the girl who gets ignored... Paltrow should take that casting as the backhanded insult it is. Rbt. Downey, Jr. owes his career to connections and the fact that his father was a telented film director. Junior is 42 and as worn out looking as any lifelong drug abuser, so it makes sense they need an equally old and worn out actress to make him look good. It's like when Rene Russo was judged "too old" to play opposite Val Kilmer in that "what if Batman was really stickbundle" movie. casting is important. Not getting Alicia witt for Mary Jane Watson ruined the Spider-Man franchise and not getting Cher to play Catwoman spoiled that Batman sequel. And I'm sorry to see that Downey is now cast as both Xandar Cruz and Iron Man. what happened to the idea of having him play Tony Stark and getting an athletic body builder type to put on the armor for the action sequences? Conceptually, an Iron armor suit is so NOT skin tight spandex where it is the one hero where it makes sense that the suit would be bigger and more muscular than the actor wearing it (as in the TV Flash with the foam rubber muscle suit.) Speaking of Downey who got fired off of Ally McBeal because he couldn't stay clean, which is to say speaking of Ally McBeal alumni, that hot blonde from Sirens who someone couldn't recall the name of was Portia De Rossi, more recently of Arrested Development and currently Mrs. Ellen Degeneres. Beautiful woman, much prefereablle to Gwyneth Paltrow in virtually any context, but most certainly not a Pepper Potts. Who will be called Salt Sellars in the Cracked parody.
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Thanks for being a voice of reason.
I couldn't have said it better.
I kind of veiw her as a "goofy pretty".
If there is such a thing.
She's had her definitely had her moments on the big screen.
I'm hoping Favs can get some more out of her. If not, she just a tirciary character in the books anyway, so don't give her roll much weight.
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Funny typo. "Viola", obviosuly, is a stringed instrument. And Gwneth Paltrow is perfectly fine to play this role. Pepper Potts is not some huge character in the Marvel mythos, not on any par with female characters like Gwen Stacey or Mary Jane Watson. People should not get their panties in a twist about this casting.
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"obviously", not "obviosly".
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now. However, she is likeable in certain roles and perhaps a little more to the quirky side. I don't think it's bad casting.
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Maguire comes off as a little odd, not nerdy, but slighly creepy.
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Daredevil. That movie is such at turd.
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I gotta stop with the generalizin'
(she types into a dead talkback) ;)
I just like Spidey more as a *wise-cracking* wall-crawler.....
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..about the generalizing and departure stuff, and someone would always come along and puncture the safety of my hubris-bubble with a well pointed-out arrow. but yea, i agree with your take on spidey i think. those movies are such a cg-d blur, does peter even wise-crack as he's taking on the villains?? hmm.
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There may have been one quip or two, but it does not come across strongly enough to be considered an aspect of his personality. It really brings the Spidey films down for me. It's way too angsty.
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