Here's to you, Joshua Harto!
27 Posted on Jul 7, 2009 in articles by Conor Kilpatrick |
This past weekend I popped Iron Man in the ol' DVD player for the first time since it was released. I had a grand old time with that movie -- it still holds up and is just as much fun as it was when I first saw it in theaters.
About halfway through the film I saw a familiar face, a face that I had seen in the many, many times that I have watched the other 2008 comic book blockbuster, The Dark Knight. I saw the face of actor Joshua Harto!
Could it be that the same actor appeared in both of the biggest summer movies of 2008? Yes! It could! As an Edwards Airforce Base technician in Iron Man, Harto's principal job was to shout out technical jargon and react to radar data. His role in The Dark Knight was much meatier. As the opportunistic accountant Coleman Reese, he discovered that Batman and Bruce Wayne were one and the same and his attempt and blackmail kind of blew up in his face.
While we all went about our humdrum lives, we had no idea that in 2008, one Joshua Harto appeared in both Iron Man and The Dark Knight and was, by default, the biggest actor in the world. Well, now we know better. Here's to you, good sir!
And as a tribute we present the many faces of Joshua Harto!
The Dark Knight
Congratulations, Joshua Harto! Your films grossed $1,587,055,112.00 in 2008! Good luck in 2009!
Comments
Those stills just make me want to watch The Dark Knight again. Good film.
Posted by Labor on 07/07/09 at 09:19 AM
Joshua Harto IS the new Stan Lee cameo whore.
Posted by JimintheCuse on 07/07/09 at 09:33 AM
You know, he'd make a pretty good Hank Pym if we were just going on looks.
Posted by RoiVampire on 07/07/09 at 10:00 AM
I noticed that too! What a summer that guy must have had last year. We need to check in on him this year to make sure he's handling the letdown.
Posted by Jimski on 07/07/09 at 10:03 AM
@Labor: AGREED. It is on HBO and I have been watching it all the time. I think I might have a problem and I have a feeling my girlfriend is going to stage and intervention soon.
Posted by ScottB on 07/07/09 at 10:05 AM
Wow. The next time anything bad happens to me, I'll know it's because Joshua Harto stole all the luck in the entire universe.
Posted by BrianBaer on 07/07/09 at 10:29 AM
lucky him, I wanna direct the new Batman
Posted by robbydzwonar on 07/07/09 at 10:38 AM
Loved that scene in TDK.
Posted by SunnyvaleTrash on 07/07/09 at 10:57 AM
That's great. I never noticed.
Posted by JGG on 07/07/09 at 11:00 AM
Look out for "Unthinkable" and "Delta Blues" in 2010!!!
Posted by AmirCat on 07/07/09 at 11:27 AM
Good eye Conor!
Posted by rjspring on 07/07/09 at 12:04 PM
There will never be a post better than this one. Thank you.
Posted by sgrsickness on 07/07/09 at 01:53 PM
Ha! That picture montage was hilarious. Props to Joshua, even if it's minor roles he is one lucky son of a gun to get to land those parts.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 07/07/09 at 03:00 PM
My favorite picture is the sixth DARK KNIGHT one. Because blackmail tastes delicious.
Posted by conor on 07/07/09 at 03:02 PM
@conor: Do you mean the one where he's licking his lips? My favorite too :)
Posted by TheNextChampion on 07/07/09 at 03:04 PM
A Real Man of Genius if ever I saw one.
Posted by patio on 07/07/09 at 05:00 PM
Did anybody find Ron Howard's brother?
Posted by ato220 on 07/07/09 at 05:20 PM
The reality is that he probably saw $0.00 of that gross. Nice to have those films on your resume though.
Posted by Neb on 07/07/09 at 07:21 PM
It should be one of those "Bud Light Real Men of Genius" commercials with the emotional singing popping up in the narration -
"Here's to you, Mr. no-name actor who just so happened to appear in two blockbuster movies" (singing) "Mister no-name actoooooorrrrrrrrr."
"Two of your films have made over $1 billion, and yet no one knows your name." (singing) "Hey, don't I know that guyyyyyy-a-aiiiiiiiiiii?"
"People see you on the screen, and think they went to the same high school as you, but you know better. " (singing) "Wasn't that guy in my study haaaa-alllllllll?"
Something like that.
Posted by Dan on 07/07/09 at 08:23 PM
@Dan: You win this week :)
Posted by TheNextChampion on 07/07/09 at 10:35 PM
Ha, awesome. I also agree with the Hank Pym comparison.
Posted by kwisdumb on 07/07/09 at 10:55 PM
I wonder who watched those movies and thought "is that stoner kid?".
Posted by chlop on 07/08/09 at 02:27 AM
The funny thing is, somebody in Hollywood will see this article and take it seriously. Soon Harsto will be appearing in mall roles in every blockbuster movie of the summer as a "good luck charm", the way John Ratzenberger is in every Pixar film.
Posted by JohnVFerrigno on 07/08/09 at 08:11 AM
Imagine if this guy was getting paid as a percentage of the take on these films. Then imagine that you were Joshua Harto. Then look around and notice you aren't. Sorry.
Posted by stuclach on 07/08/09 at 07:42 PM
Joshua Harto drinks your milkshake.
Posted by hbkhumanity on 07/09/09 at 03:41 PM
thats awesome
Posted by rayclark on 07/09/09 at 06:56 PM
Haha thats really funny. Man I would guess that getting roles in these big movies could be hard. What are the odds of getting both of them? Thank Conor for showing me the range of Joshua Harto.
Posted by Sauceda on 07/07/09 at 09:13 AM