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Post by tonebone on Jul 26, 2022 7:51:33 GMT -5
I would say if they are going to call the MCU movie "The Mutants" it really doesn't matter who they choose to play Wolverine.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2022 8:50:13 GMT -5
OHOTMU listed Wolverine's height as 5ft 3 in. The closest in size to that, for a major wrestler, would be Rey Mysterio, who was a legit 5ft 4 in and billed as 5ft 6 in. Hey, that's my size. I'm free, Marvel Studios! And I have the physique for it (if we're going with the Sam Kieth pot-belly version, anyway). As a straight white dude, I've been more than fully represented in media. Still, I always felt that my people (i.e., short people) were missing representation. When they cast Jackman, there went one of our best chances to get that corrected (I don't count Cruise - he's a goofy doofus who shouldn't be representing anyone).
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 26, 2022 10:08:38 GMT -5
OHOTMU listed Wolverine's height as 5ft 3 in. The closest in size to that, for a major wrestler, would be Rey Mysterio, who was a legit 5ft 4 in and billed as 5ft 6 in. Hey, that's my size. I'm free, Marvel Studios! And I have the physique for it (if we're going with the Sam Kieth pot-belly version, anyway). As a straight white dude, I've been more than fully represented in media. Still, I always felt that my people (i.e., short people) were missing representation. When they cast Jackman, there went one of our best chances to get that corrected (I don't count Cruise - he's a goofy doofus who shouldn't be representing anyone). Well, there is Stallone, who has hidden his height, for decades. The best estimate of his height is somewhere between 5ft 8 and 5ft 9. Problem is, if you are short and a character actor (or supporting) they will show it, in Hollywood. If you are a lead actor, they will hide it (Cruise, Stallone, Robert Conrad, Alan Ladd, etc). Claude Rains had at least one movie where his leading lady was taller and they gimmicked the set so that you never spotted it, with raised and lowered parts so that he was never seen as shorter.
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