Cruise said he wants to be Stark. Comics sold differently than they did today, back when all of those actors were kids. They sold millions of copies, not thousands. Every kid bought one once in awhile, practically.
That's why when casting for Ghost Rider, Nicolas Cage came in wanting the role, and baring a GR tattoo on his shoulder.
That's because the do body make up. You know how Angelina Jolie has a bunch of tattoo's? You don't see them in any of her movies, and she usually bares a lot of skin.
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/433/433704p1.html?fromint=1
The guy they interview comments about a Ghost Rider tattoo on Cage. I'll look for something more official, but I found that right off.
actually, i just did some reading and retract my previous statement.
Everything's still in pre-production though, so it's really too soon to get excited over this.
Cage looks like he'll be GR. But Iron Man is still totally in the air.
They were looking Leo DiCaprio and Cage to play Starks as well. It just seems that Cruise has the most interest in the role.
Magee's right, Banderas would kick the most ass. Especially if he could lose the accent.
Johnny Depp?
Seriously, I know Gibson, Cruise, and Depp are all great actors. But we don't need another huge mistake like casting Michael Clark Duncan as the King Pin here.
Banderas has the looks, Cruise has the acting. And Depp and Gibson can hit the road.
Oh and I agree about Tom Selek. If he was younger, you could thin the mustache, and slick back the hair...he'd be perfect.
humm, can say i agree with selleck choice. you guys are thinking to muck in the mustache thing, forget that. stark had some drug/alcohol problems, and don´t forget this one he IS A PLAYBOY, so you have to put some one with style, some one who could take any woman in a room, if you guys are thinking in putting a guy with a mustache in that case i admit maybe depp and cruise are not the best choices, but if i was the director of the movie, i wouldn´t give the mustache such importance.
Originally posted by norrin radd
humm, can say i agree with selleck choice. you guys are thinking to muck in the mustache thing, forget that. stark had some drug/alcohol problems, and don´t forget this one he IS A PLAYBOY, so you have to put some one with style, some one who could take any woman in a room, if you guys are thinking in putting a guy with a mustache in that case i admit maybe depp and cruise are not the best choices, but if i was the director of the movie, i wouldn´t give the mustache such importance.
Dude, do you even know who Antonio Banderes is?
that guy walks around like he's cock of the walk.
"Ladies...i will treat you like sh!t and you will love me for it because I am.....Antonio Banderes!*
That guy's got playboy written all over every inch of his latin body. And he will, infact, treat women like sh!t. But Tom Cruise, plays a wicked bad ass alcoholic. So i have no problem with him as Iron Man.