Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:47AM10 comments ›
Tue Jan 27, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Patrick Dempsey as Doctor Strange? Kevin McKidd as Thor? Jon Hamm as Green Lantern?
On Sunday, we wrote how inker Arne Starr had gone Hollywood, working on Grey's Anatomy and Mad Men-- except it turns out that with Hollywood gone comics crazy, he hasn't put comics behind him. I'll let Arne explain:
This all started when I found out from a friend who works on Grey's Anatomy with me that Patrick Dempsey had gone to Marvel Studios to see about getting them to do Doctor Strange, with that certain synergistic connection of Dr. Strange starting out as a surgeon. So I did a piece of art that showed Patrick as the character. Since then, Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios has mentioned in an interview on MTV that we shouldn't be surprised to see Dr. Strange on the 2012 movie slate.
At this time, I was also working on my other regular show, Mad Men, and brought this up to Jon Hamm, telling him I thought he'd be good as DC's Hal Jordan/Green Lantern which was about to happen from Warner Bros.. When I brought Jon the preliminary pic (which is mostly the one here) he let me know he had run with it and actually had an appointment with the writer-director of Green Lantern [Greg Berlanti-- GH] that week following the season's wrap.
In the meantime, back on Grey's, Kevin McKidd was introduced, and I had been a regular on his previous show Journeyman as well (though never playing the same thing twice) so we already knew each other. And it turned out he was already in the running for Thor... so I told him what I'd been doing and went forth and created TWO pictures (technically three) of him in character.
Sometimes, this is the way Hollywood works-- somebody shows up at an audition in costume, or somebody has a piece of artwork attached that makes the project believable. And there's a great bit of synergy going from Dr. McDreamy to Dr. Strange-- heck, I could almost see that happening in Grey's Anatomy continuity. I wonder if Ellen Pompeo would like to play Clea...
Arne was nice enough to provide all the drawings, they're after the jump.
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Comments (10)
Dave (1:20 PM on Tue Jan 27, 2009)
I like the Dr. Strange picture.
Green Lantern's smile makes him look like a dweeb.
The Thor pictures are just okay.
Regarding the casting - interesting choices. We'll see if they happen.
I think a Dr. Strange movie could be very good. I hope it makes the schedule.
Delmo Walters Jr. (2:43 PM on Tue Jan 27, 2009)
I think Arne Starr is a better inker than penciller.
Russ Rogers (8:49 PM on Tue Jan 27, 2009)
Patrick Dempsey would make a VERY good Dr. Strange. I think he's got the dramatic and comedic chops for this. But the pencil thin mustache makes him look like some other Hollywood Star. Let me see ... Paul Newman in the Sting? Nah. Errol Flynn? Hmm. Nope.
I know! Arne Starr! There is definitely a resemblance there. Maybe Arne could play Dr. Strange's older brother? Or the Dread Dormammu!
Dave (9:50 AM on Wed Jan 28, 2009)
Baron Mordo?
Arne Starr (8:35 PM on Thu Jan 29, 2009)
Yeah Baron Mordo! I like it, Tell my agents at William Morris....wait I don't have any agents at William Morris...Damn....
Thanks for the comments guys, and thanks Glenn for the articles. Funny thing about the older brother comment, the First AD on Grey's has made that exact comment that I could be playing McDreamy's older brother. weird! (When my hair is in longer mode it does look similar to Partrick's in shade and color).
Anonymous (5:22 PM on Thu Jan 29, 2009)
Uh... NO.
Each of those look like everything that has been WRONG with comic-book movies.
Patrick Dempsey is NOT Dr. Strange.
No.
Goofy McGrinGrin is NOT Green Lantern.
(unless it's a jokey version with his getting hit on the head all the time.)
The THOR one...? I don't know. Maybe that's OK.
anonymous (7:13 AM on Sun Feb 1, 2009)
yess ellen pompeo and patrick dempsey in this together would be amazing together i think its perfect
Micha (2:58 PM on Mon Feb 2, 2009)
Wouldn't the other doctor from Gray's Anatomy -- I don't remeber the name, the tall one -- be more suited for the role of Dr. Strange?
Jay R M (10:26 PM on Sat Feb 28, 2009)
I would say Pierce Brosnan would make a good Doctor Strange. But I guess he a bit old for that part now.
Anonymous (12:37 PM on Sun Sep 27, 2009)
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