A few of the actors and the actresses in Hollywood are really good with their work and have out-performed most of the time. The world’s favorite superhero franchise, the Marvel Comic Universe had recently revealed that there were a lot of roles in the films that they had planned for someone else, but eventually, the role went to some other actors and actresses. The original casts had turned down the roles as they were too cool for the world famous MCU. Here are 15 such actors and actresses:
1. Mel Gibson
The MCU has one of everyone’s favorite hero, Thor. The character’s home planet, Asgard was a wonderful and the actor, Mel Gibson was supposed to play the role of Thor’s father, Odin. The actor had unfortunately turned down the role.
2. Jessica Chastain
The Ant-Man is a movie that had gone through a lot of changes during the making of the film. The director had changed to Edgar Wright a well. The actress, Jessica Chastain had been cast for the movie, but she was way more interested in the films like The Martian and Interstellar.
3. Joaquin Phoenix
The movie, Walk the Line, had helped Joaquin Phoenix rise to fame and he was one of the actors who had come under the radar of Marvel studios for playing the role of the character, Doctor Strange. Joaquin Phoenix had eventually turned down the role as Marvel’s films seemed more like products to him than creativity.
4. Emily Hunt
The actress had been chosen by Marvel for playing the role of the assassin, Black Widow but she had turned down this role. Marvel then thought she could star as the character, Peggy Carter, in the movie, Captain America: The First Avenger but Emily Hunt had dropped out once again.
5. Matthew McConaughey
The actor, Matthew McConaughey is a very attractive person, and Marvel studios wanted him to star in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The actor had been speculated to play the role of Star-Lord’s father.
6. Olivia Wilde
Marvel had announced that they would bring all the comic series of the Guardians of the Galaxy to the silver screen and the actress was supposed to play the role of Gamora. Olivia Wilde denied the role for a few reasons that she has not disclosed to the general public.
7. Alec Baldwin
A whole lot of directors and actors had turned all their attention to the MCU after The Avengers had released. Alec Baldwin’s name had appeared for an unknown role in the MCU’s Phase 2, but the actor had turned down the roles.
8. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
After he had appeared in a DC film, Marvel had wanted to get him involved, and they wanted the actor to play the Star-Lord role. The actor eventually dropped out of this project.
9. Jason Momoa
The Aquaman actor, Jason Momoa is very famous in Hollywood. Marvel studios had wanted him to play the role of the character, Drax the Destroyer in the film, Guardians of the Galaxy.
10. Tom Cruise
Marvel had started the MCU with the movie, Iron Man and they wanted an actor to portray Tony Stark but the now famous actor Robert Downey Jr. was not their first choice. Tom Cruise was supposed to play his role but rejected the offer.
