I know that when Bryan Hitch was drawing the characters for The Ultimates, he used a bunch of actors as a template for the characters. Millar even referred to it in one of the earlier issues. It was:
Brad Pitt- Captain America
Johnny Depp- Iron Man
Matthew McConoughey (or however you spell it)
Lucy Liu- Wasp
Steve Buscemi- Bruce Banner
Samuel L. Jackson- Nick Fury
Here's the conversation:
Nick Fury: Hey, did you hear you’ve been optioned as a movie? Betty Ross was telling me they’re already in discussions with Brad Pitt about a three picture deal to play Captain America.
Captain America (Steve Rogers): Who’s Brad Pitt?
Giant-Man (Henry Pym): What, are you serious? My God. This might not be such a disaster after all, huh? Who do you think they could get to play you, Nick?
Nick Fury: Why, Mister Samuel L. Jackson, of course. That’s not even open to debate, Doctor Pym. And I’ll tell you the one guy who could do a convincing Tony Stark — From Hell’s Johnny Depp.
Wasp (Janet Pym): What? Depp’s too much of a pretty-boy. Stark’s a crazy kind of Howard Hughes character. I’d rather see someone with more of an eccentric range.
Nick Fury: Don’t underestimate Depp, Mrs. Pym. A lot of people tag him with that pretty-boy label, but he’s actually one of the most accomplished actors in Hollywood at the moment. Picture him doing Ed Wood in an Iron Man suit and you’ve got Tony Stark up there in celluloid, baby.
Giant-Man (Henry Pym): Yeah, I could see that. You know, you’ve actually got a real knack for this casting thing, Nick. Who do you think they could get to play me?
Nick Fury: Oh, that’s easy. Lantern-jawed Matthew McConoughey, of course.
Wasp (Janet Pym): What about me?
Nick Fury: Heck, who else but Miss Lucy Liu?
Wasp (Janet Pym): Oh, naturally. Even though she looks absolutely nothing like me, she’d be great because all Asian people are basically identical, right? Who’d be your back-up choice, General? Bruce Lee?
Captain America (Steve Rogers): Who’s Bruce Lee?
The characters then go on to make fun of Bruce Banner (the Hulk), claiming he could be played by “Woody Allen”, “the creepy, little kid from the Sixth Sense”, “Stuart Little” and “Steve Buscemi”.
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