History Main / ComicBookFantasyCasting

* TheCaptain in ''FinalFantasy: The Spirits Within'' looks so much like a young George Clooney that many reviewers would rib the film by mentioning the resemblance and stating it's a wonder that royalties weren't involved.fle
** George Clooney? This editor always thought he looked like Ben Affleck.

* While during the Claremont/Byrne run, Cyclops was based on a young Henry Fonda, Jean Grey on a young Raquel Welch, Wolverine on Paul D'Amato in ''Slap Shot'', Colossus on Max Baer Jr, Beast on Al Franken, Charles Xavier on Keane Curtis, Moira [=McTaggert=] on Hannah Gordon, Arcade on Malcom [=McDowell=] and Emma Frost on a young Faye Dunaway. Kitty Pryde was based on what Byrne thought a young Sigourney Weaver would look like.

* [[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]] was modeled after famous 1970s Japanese action film star YusakaMatsuda, but due to the {{Mukokuseki}} artstyle, most American fans think he looks Jewish.
** The couple in the first episode were based on Antonio Banderas and Selma Hyak. The doctor[[spoiler: also known as a conman]] who revives Faye is based on George Clooney. The bounty hunter in MushroomSamba is based on Pam Grier. CowboyBebop liked this trope.

* WordOfGod has confirmed that Randa Duane, the sexy FemmeFatale who appeared in "Heart of Steel" in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSe.ries'', was based on MarilynMonroe.

* [[IronMan Tony Stark]] is not only drawn to look like RobertDowneyJr in AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes, his voice is actor Eric Loomis doing a pretty good inpression of him, too. [[BlatantLies No idea]] why [[Film/IronMan that would be]]...
* WordOfGod has confirmed that Randa Duane, the sexy FemmeFatale who appeared in "Heart of Steel" in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', was based on MarilynMonroe.

Fantasy casting can also occur in non-visual media such as (unillustrated) novels, but can be harder to spot unless WordOfGod acknowledges it, or the character is closely based on a particular role the actor is associated with.

* ''LaserSquad'' is guilty of this in the IBM PC version. The cutscenes exclusive to this version use trace-overs of various scenes and/or characters from TheEmpireStrikesBack for the Rebel Star team in the first level and the cyborgs in the second, while the team member portraits use various 1980s movie stars as facial sources - Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Biehn, Alec Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Michael Ironside, [[DidNotDoTheResearch whoever played]] Lobot in TheEmpireStrikesBack (who makes up the entire enemy squad in the second mission) and, surprisingly standing out from the rest of the list, ErrolFlynn. In a bit of HilariousInHindsight, there are also people looking like AdamBaldwin and Vin Diesel as Riddick as he appears in the BatmanColdOpen of ChroniclesOfRiddick.

* ''LaserSquad'' is guilty of this in the IBM PC version. The cutscenes exclusive to this version use trace-overs of various scenes and/or characters from EmpireStrikesBack for the Rebel Star team in the first level and the cyborgs in the second, while the team member portraits use various 1980s movie stars as facial sources - LorenzoLamas, MichaelBiehn, AlecBaldwin, RutgerHauer, MichaelIronside, [[DidNotDoTheResearch whoever played]] Lobot from EmpireStrikesBack (who makes up the entire enemy squad in the second mission) and, surprisingly standing out from the rest of the list, Errol Flynn. In a bit of HilariousInHindsight, there are also people looking like AdamBaldwin and Vin Diesel as Riddick as he appears in the BatmanColdOpen of ChroniclesOfRiddick.

* ''LaserSquad'' is guilty of this in the IBM PC version. The cutscenes exclusive to this version use trace-overs of various scenes and/or characters from EmpireStrikesBack for the Rebel Star team in the first level and the cyborgs in the second, while the team member portraits use various 1980s movie stars as facial sources - Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Biehn, Alec Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Michael Ironside, [[DidNotDoTheResearch whoever played]] Lobot from EmpireStrikesBack (who makes up the entire enemy squad in the second mission) and, surprisingly standing out from the rest of the list, Errol Flynn.

* {{Eyeshield 21}} has some really strange ones considering all the characters are high school football players. Shin (especially in the early days) was pretty much Bruce Lee in football gear, Aoyanagi is Weird Al on steroids, Bud Walker is Johnny Depp, and Shinryuuji has players that resemble Ghandi, Richard Nixon, and the Dalai Llama.

* The original ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' Hellfire Club line-up were all based by John Byrne on actors he admired. Sebastian Shaw was based on Robert Shaw, Emma Frost on Diana Rigg ([[Series/TheAvengers Emma Peel]]), Mastermind/Jason Wyngarde on Peter Wyngarde (Jason King in ''Department S''), Harry Leland on Orson Welles ([[TheThirdMan Harry Lime]]), and Donald Pierce on Donald Sutherland (film version of [[Film/{{ptitleg61am70o3b3w}} Hawkeye Peirce]]).
* While during the Claremont/Byrne and Claremont/Byrne runs, Jean Grey was based on Farrah Fawcett and Kitty Pryde on Sigourney Weaver (minus the height).

* The original ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' Hellfire Club line-up were all based by John Byrne on actors he admired. Sebastian Shaw was based on Robert Shaw, Emma Frost on Diana Rigg ([[Series/TheAvengers Emma Peel]]), Mastermind on Peter Wyngarde, Harry Leland on Orson Welles ([[TheThirdMan Harry Lime]]), and Donald Pierce on Donald Sutherland.

* Doctor Reichwein in ''{{Monster}}'' bears a strong resemblance to the actor Wilford Brimley.

* In {{Joss Whedon}}'s ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 8, there's a Tibetan character called Bayarmaa. The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of Dichen Lachman, a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''{{Dollhouse}}'').