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 (captain america 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. __ 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.

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 (captain america 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.

August 18, 2011
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