Marvel’s secret weapon: bearded character actors in vests staring at stuff

Ed Norton as Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk

Robert Downey Jnr as Tony Stark in Iron Man

Judging by these pics from The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, Marvel are planning on setting a new trend in superhero attire: the clean white vest (counter-balanced with a “don’t worry, although I’m rather buff now, I can still act all intense and stuff. I like, still want an Oscar, okay?” beard).

Something else connecting these film is - rumour has it - Samuel L Jackson playing Nick Fury in both, perhaps paving way for an Avengers movie. Or lots of convoluted movie crossovers that culminate in a universe so bloody complicated that they have to make a Civil Infininite Crisis War 52 movie every ten years just to dig themselves out and reset everything. One or the other.

28 December 2007 | 0 notes