21 Perfect Superhero Movie Casting Choices That Nailed Their Characters

12. Chloë Grace Moretz As Hit Girl - Kick Ass

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Kick Ass was a bit of an unprecedented hit when it first released in 2010, adapting Mark Millar's famed hyper-violent graphic novel in great detail and with minor alterations to the source material. All of the cast were top-notch, particularly Nicholas Cage who played 'Big Daddy', but it was Grace Moretz's début as Hit Girl that everyone remembers most fondly.

The foul-mouthed vigilante was equally endearing as she was badass - two essential aspects that the actor nailed superbly. With Hit-Girl getting a comic book spin-off of her own, it'd be fantastic to see another film adaptation centred around the character - just as long as Moretz comes back though.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.