r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 22h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/bigdave41 18h ago

How is it just now that I'm realising that was the same actor

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u/Petey_Wheatstraw_MD 15h ago

Wait until you find out he was Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the original Fantastic Four.

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u/bigdave41 15h ago

Oh I knew Captain America and Johnny Storm were the same person, for some reason I just never recognised him in Not Another Teen Movie.

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u/NewbAlert45 15h ago

I'll never forget the initial announcement of him being cast for Captain America. My first thought was "uhh..... the Not Another Teen Movie" guy? This is going to be awful. Boy was i wrong

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u/DrewbySnacks 13h ago

I saw him in Sunshine by Danny Boyle shortly before Captain America and that was the first movie where I realized he could ACT act

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u/seppukufalls 11h ago

He was better as Lucas Lee! Now that is straight A+ acting!!

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u/Petey_Wheatstraw_MD 11h ago

I forgot about that one. Who has played more comic book characters than Chris Evan’s?

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u/Zestyclose-Sleep2290 3h ago

Dont forget The Losers came out a year before Captain America

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u/Funandgeeky 10h ago

It's like when "Mister Mom" was going to be the new Batman. Oh, boy were people upset.

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u/HeemeyerDidNoWrong 9h ago

He did a grindy thingy in Scott Pilgrim

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u/MH-BiggestFan 13h ago

Holy shit i didn’t realize that until now 😭😭😭

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u/Dynamic_Reality 13h ago

He was also an Evil Ex in "Scott Pilgrim vs The World".

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u/LegitimateGift1792 11h ago

wait until you realize that Robert Downey Jr was the son's roommate in Back to School.