"To play a superhero" means to portray or act as a character with extraordinary abilities and heroic qualities in a movie, television show, or play.
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Not every actor
who plays a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has admitted that they'll be among Avengers: Infinity War's 68 characters, but enough have that we can assume everyone who has ever punched a Hydra goon or killed a Chitauri invader — unless they're from Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Netflix...
We see Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), who was famous
for playing the superhero Birdman in a series of movies from the 1990s, using telekinesis to manipulate objects when he's alone.
It was a very long day in a crowded space and what else does one do, other than watch your kids
play superheroes with other kids in their common language, except people watch.
The Oscar nominations for lead actor are in, and they include Michael Keaton, who in «Birdman» portrays an aging actor who
once played a superhero; Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in «Theory of Everything»; and Benedict...
Jennifer Garner loves Ben Affleck's Batman voice.The 42 - year - old
actor plays the superhero in «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice» and his wife of...
The fact that AARP says she's
playing a superhero also limits the possibilities, excluding villains and human supporting characters.
Films like Deadpool 2, on the other hand, establish the reality that queer people, you know, exist in the world and are every bit as capable
at playing superhero as our straight counterparts.
This picture book by the dynamic author - illustrator of the Olympians graphic - novel series uses a comic - book aesthetic to tell the story of a boy and a girl who,
while playing superheroes around the house, learn a huge lesson about telling the truth.
Hollywood actors are well known for their dedication in preparing for their roles, so it must come as no surprise that
when playing a superhero, they need to be in the best physical shape possible.
Long the butt of every decent superhero joke, Zach Snyder strongly hinted that this Aquaman wasn't going to be anybody's punching bag when he cast famously frowny Jason Momoa to
play a superhero whose chief super power is the ability to talk to fish.
For starters, Henry Cavill underwent a completely different program that was similar to what a professional bodybuilder would follow during his
stint playing the superhero.
There are some previous winners who
played superheroes after winning, but Clooney aside, has anyone ever gone from superhero to Oscar?
He shares, and then loses, the limelight to the wonderful Tom Wilkinson, who
plays the superhero of the piece, a wine - sozzled, ciggie - smoking, and sandwich - scoffing barrister of the Rumpole of the Bailey old school.
«Fantastic Four» fans, meet your new villain: British actor Toby Kebbell is in negotiations to
play the superhero quartet's arch nemesis, Doctor Doom, in Fox's upcoming franchise reboot, according to Variety.
Emily, 29, below, star of The Young Victoria, and Ruth, 30, from TV's Luther, are both hotly tipped to
play superhero Ms Marvel in Avengers 2, the sequel to Avengers Assemble, one of the biggest box office hits of all time.
Michael Keaton stars as Riggan Thomson, a washed - up actor best known for
playing a superhero called Birdman in a series of successful Hollywood blockbusters.
He takes the deliciously knowing role of a washed up actor who found
fame playing a superhero some years before, and is now attempting to recapture those former glories by staging a play on Broadway.
LOS ANGELES (AP)-- Chadwick Boseman joins the Marvel universe as Black Panther in «Captain America: Civil War,» but this isn't his first
time playing a superhero.
Hollywood heartthrob Ryan Reynolds who
plays superhero Green Lantern in an upcoming film says that superhero movies are incorrectly dismissed as mere escapism.
Actor Chris Evans, who
plays superhero Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, might be stepping away from the franchise after the next year's Avengers 4.
Chronicles of Nerdia is a free to
play superhero browser game that answers every nerd's age old question; what if I could become a superhero?
As he leads his troops into battle, Cartman, dressed in his superhero attire, swings by to tell the kids that they're
playing superheroes now.
In SpeedRunners,
players play superheroes racing around a circular track, trying not to cross a finish line but rather to maintain a lead long enough to knock others off the screen.
Even though many of the game areas were largely the same, it was still a blast to
play superheroes with Cartman and friends.
The Oscar nominations for lead actor are in, and they include Michael Keaton, who in «Birdman» portrays an aging actor who
once played a superhero; Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in «Theory of Everything»; and Benedict Cumberbatch as WWII code breaker Alan Turing...
«World War Z» is the most gratifying action spectacle in years, and one reason for its success is that Pitt does
n't play a superhero.
-LSB-...] BIRDMAN: The triumphs and tribulations of a movie star played by Michael Keaton who made his
reputation playing a superhero (Keaton, you'll remember, played Batman!)
Don't be fooled by the whiz - bang action sequences and glossy production values of such blockbusters;
actors playing superheroes must flex their acting muscles as much as those in prestige dramas — not to mention their literal muscles, too.
«It's less about a guy who
played a superhero in big hit movies than it is about exploring the human soul and psyche, and also where we are as a society today and how much importance we place on those kinds of things,» the film's star Michael Keaton told EW.
The U.S. trailer for Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)- Alejandro González Iñárritu's upcoming film starring Michael Keaton as a washed - up actor once famous
for playing a superhero - definitely put the showbiz dramedy / satire on the map for a number of movie geeks.
According to a new report from The New York Post's Page Six, Andrew Garfield was supposed to present at the Oscars with Miles Scott — a.k.a. Batkid, the 5 - year - old boy with cancer
who played superhero in San Francisco — but backed out of the segment when he didn't like his lines.
Christopher Reeve, who
played the superhero four times, was paralyzed from the neck down in a 1995 horseback riding accident and died of cardiac arrest nine years later.
For a long time, it's been rumored that DC had their eye on Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson to
play a superhero.