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Scott Wagahoff
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 10:13am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I'm sure there was a thread about this but searching hasn't yielded anything, so....

I ran across this on Chris Stein's IG. He's the guitarist for Blondie and why he thought to do this, I have no idea. I will also admit to recognizing James Dean and, I think, Tuesday Weld? 

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Mike Benson
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 10:17am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Sue I can see.   The others not so much.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 10:41am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Nah.
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 10:59am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

There have been a few threads. Here was a recent one specifically about the Invisible Woman: LINK

Reed one from a while ago: LINK

From an all-time option, this would have to be my pick for Reed Richards:

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John Byrne

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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 11:14am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Reed, Sue and Johnny can be found in Roddenberry’s original STAR TREK pilot. Ben is there, too, at a stretch.
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Brian Miller
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 11:55am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Anson Mount would be a perfect Reed.
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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 11:57am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

I can't recall who you mean for Ben in the STAR TREK pilot.

I like Rod Taylor for the role.

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John Byrne

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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 12:10pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Rod Taylor is my first choice. I was going for a "full set" from "The Cage".

This is the guy I had in mind. A stretch, like I said.

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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 12:17pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

"Full set"!

That looks like Ben Grimm to me!

(If you say Rod Taylor is your first choice, then I'm sure I picked up the idea here. I thought it was my own idea, but in cases like this-- in association with experts-- that seldom turns out to be the truth!)
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John Byrne

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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

I've also thought that these guys (here color corrected) from a similar vintage VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA could make a passable interpretation of the Thing for a TV budget.

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Mike Norris
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 5:56pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Been rewatching Deep Space Nine lately. Alexander Siddig strikes me as the right body type for Reed. Way too young at the time though. 
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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 15 April 2021 at 7:49pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

I thought we covered this recently, but, looking, I found the thread that was only talking about Sue.  I suggested Alice Eve, but, on second thought, she just might be a little too old at this point if we want to keep Johnny a teen--which I think we do!  (He should always be the same age as Peter Parker--Pete needs a friend!)

And I see that rumors are that Jennifer Lawrence has already been cast as Sue, and I'm perfectly all right with that!  So, then the question becomes--who looks like he could be her brother or boyfriend/husband?  I'll take a pass on Johnny because I think he should be a relatively unknown teenager and I'm not up on the latest Disney teen shows.

For Ben, the voice might be the most important thing, and that brings to mind Ron Perlman or Kevin Grevioux, but neither looks like a 40 year-old Jewish guy.  Maybe Dominic Purcell (Heatwave on LEGENDS OF TOMORROW)?

Reed should be a 40 year-old guy too, a little hunky, a little nerdy.  I was fine with Ioan Gruffudd and wouldn't mind seeing him return, but that would probably throw people into a tizzy.  John Krasinki seems to be the popular frontrunner, but only with Emily Blunt as Sue, so I think they're both out.  Jon Hamm is mentioned, but I can't see him with J Law.  I wonder if people would love or hate casting Michael Fassbender.  Patrick Wilson, Andrew Lincoln, and Brandon Routh have also been mentioned.  Of those, I could see Lincoln having chemistry with J Law, but I would probably enjoy Routh most (in his FIFTH comic book role!).


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