i was watching the prestige the other night and realized that both christian bale (who played batman) and hugh jackman (who played wolverine) were in it and then got to wondering how many other movies feature actors who play superheroes/villains. a few imdb scrapes later, and i arrived at the above guide.
- the most superheroes to appear in a movie, oddly, has an all female cast. valentine’s day features anne hathaway (catwoman), jennifer garner (elektra), jessica alba (susan storm), and topher grace (venom).
- chris evans and halle berry have each played two superheroes (thor and the human torch and catwoman and storm respectively).
- in two films a character has come face to face with himself. clooney acted alongside keaton (both are former batmen) in out of sight and tommy lee jones and aaron eckhart (twofaces) are both in the missing.
- two of the three horrible bosses in horrible bosses are also horrible villains: kevin spacey played lex luthor and colin farrell played bullseye, daredevil’s nemesis.
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many thanks to mr. luke sedgeman of pixel joint for creating the amazing pixel heroes that power this chart.
see also: harry potter wizards in non-harry potter movies
note: a chart i made that plots these relationships can be found here.
further note: if chris pine does land the role of the flash, then smokin’ aces will have 5 superheroes in it because ryan reynolds, i have just been informed, also played deadpool in the wolverine movie.
Very neat! It’s too small to read easily, so I hope he comes out with a bigger version. Also, there’s a typo in The Other Guys, listing Sam Jackson as The Punisher instead of Nick Fury.
