The great philosopher Geddy Lee once said: “All the world’s indeed a stage, and we are merely players.” That goes double for those bitten by radioactive insects or rocketed from lost planets… Welcome to Ten Things!
Whooshman-Bicarbonate Films, in conjunction with ‘An Amateur Comics Historian’ and that time Black Widow and White Queen went undercover as exotic dancers, Presents:
TEN SUPERS WHO WORK IN MOVIES AND TV!
10) WONDER MAN
One of the most powerful Avengers, Simon Williams never really had the confidence to become a full-scale Superman. Still, he had enough chutzpah to get Hollywood gigs; first as a kiddie show host, then a stuntman and later as a leading man in Hollywood epics like Arkon IV. His major drawback came in his glowing red ionic eyes, requiring every role to wear sunglasses or some sort of eye-covering…
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Wasn’t Crossfire from DNAgents land (Eclipse Comics) a Hollywood guy? Also the Fly from Marvel — a stuntman? Not sure about that one.
Crossfire was a bail bondsman in L.A., so tangentially Hollywood…
“Human Fly”, sorry.
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/human-fly
Thanks for the lists! Always fun
The Human Fly was a fave-rave of mine, based loosely on a real-life stuntman, so his absence here is entirely one of “only ten spaces.” :)
I would have included Animal Man and Blue Devil on the list. Both of them are stunt/special effects guys.
Ooh, Blue Devil is an excellent call!