1970's casting call!

[enyawd72]

Okay Webheads and Hulksters...here's a challenge for you!

Let's turn the time machine back to 1977, when Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk were both on TV. Neither series had any super-villains from the comics...but what if they did?

I challenge any and all to come up with your perfect casting for any villain characters that could have conceivably been done with a 70's TV budget. The casting must be of a 1970's era actor who actually could have played the part.
I'll start with my picks.


The Incredible Hulk: Series regular Gerald McRaney as the Leader

Amazing Spider-Man: Louis Jourdan as the Chameleon

[emeraldknight47]

Geez, enyawd, I'm gonna have to give this one some serious thought.....

[emeraldknight47]

OK. This one JUST hit me.

They could have gotten Andre the Giant to play The Abomination on The Incredible Hulk had they decided to use comic characters....

[Earth 2 Chris]

Amazing Spider-Man:

Leonard Nimoy as Mysterio. Just give him the Spock haircut (minus ears) a fish bowl, and voila!

Charles Napier as The Sandman

I'm thinking of more...

Chris

[enyawd72]

OK. This one JUST hit me.

They could have gotten Andre the Giant to play The Abomination on The Incredible Hulk had they decided to use comic characters....

Not bad...what do you think he would have looked like?
They would have to use makeup and maybe some kind of creature suit.

[enyawd72]

Amazing Spider-Man:

Leonard Nimoy as Mysterio. Just give him the Spock haircut (minus ears) a fish bowl, and voila!

Charles Napier as The Sandman

I'm thinking of more...

Chris

AWESOME idea for Mysterio Chris!

How do you think they could tackle the Sandman FX?

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I'd guess they'd only allude to Sandman's ability to change to Sand. He'd turn to sand and slip under doors, etc. Spidey would get caught in a room with him and he'd turn to sand and fill the room with Spidey trying to escape. No big hammer hands or anything like that.

Chris

[MIB41]

Jack Nicholson IS Norman Osborne...

"Peter, you look like someone who is hiding a secret...And I know what it is."

[emeraldknight47]

Jack Nicholson IS Norman Osborne...

"Peter, you look like someone who is hiding a secret...And I know what it is."

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/3/7/4/JACKII.jpg

Either that or he's thinking "I just ate Mexican food and let a biiiiiig greasy one!"

[Random Axe]

I'm thinking for 70's TV going lo-tech for Spider-Man how about Tim Curry as Kraven the Hunter? Weapons and traps, no special efffects.

[emeraldknight47]

I'm thinking for 70's TV going lo-tech for Spider-Man how about Tim Curry as Kraven the Hunter? Weapons and traps, no special efffects.

Actually (and this is by no means a slight to MIB41), I think Curry would've been the one to pull off Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin just because he's got that elastic sort of face and personality that would lend itself to Norman Osborn's particular psychoses....

[Wee67]

How about character actor Len Lesser as the Vulture-

[Wee67]

Didn't the Puppet Master have a go at the Hulk? John Fiedler would've been a great Puppet Master-

[Earth 2 Chris]

Nice Bill! Len Lesser definitely had the face for the vulture. Oddly enough he is one of the bandits killed in by "The Outlaw Josey Wales" when Clint utters his famous line "Buzzards gotta eat just the same as worms".

Don Knotts as Foswell/The Big Man is of course a no-brainer. He looked just like him (plus a mustache).

Chris

[Operation:Mego]

Had Marvel been doing team-ups in the live-action department, I'd say Clint Eastwood as James "Logan" Howlett (for either Spider-Man or The Incredible Hulk):





Chuck Norris as Dum Dum Dugan: