The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a beautiful collective memory of a generation, allowing countless actors and fans to form a big family.
Casting is a very important part of superhero movies, this process is always full of variables, a major success factor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is good at using actors who match the temperament of the characters, I think at the beginning, many actors are only a little bit away from joining the reunion.
Under the influence of many factors such as the film side, the schedule, and the actor's own conditions, the group of people who can finally wear the battle suit and fight side by side are really the fate of the parallel universe.
The hero image created by the Marvel Cinematic Universe has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and many actors are familiar with Chinese nicknames that are directly derived from the characters, and it may be difficult to imagine what it would be like to be played by others.
Today I will tell you about the casting stories of the "Avengers" that are full of passing shoulders and coincidences.
Iron Man
Tom cruise
Sam Rockwell
Tom Cruise was also a major candidate during the long run-up to iron man films, and in a recent interview promoting Mission Impossible 6: Total Disintegration, he said: "I love Downey, I can't imagine anyone else playing this character, and he plays Iron Man perfectly." ”
Big Touchhouse ofmat made a series called "If Avengers 3 Happened in the Nineties", which included a beautiful version of Iron Man, Brad Pitt's version of Thor, and Eddie Murphy's version of Falcon.
Iron Man director Jon Feiru considered having Sam Rockwell play Tony Stark, but in the end, Jon asked Sam to play the villain of Iron Man 2, Justin Hammer, a character somewhat similar to Iron Man - a billionaire and weapon maker.
Captain America
John Krasinski
The story of Chris Evans repeatedly refusing offers from the US team has been heard, and John Krasinski almost signed a contract to play the US team, he added a lot of muscle to this role, and he also put on a uniform during the audition, everything went well and felt good.
Just then Brother Hammer walked in and said hello, "Hello guys! John was immediately discouraged and thought: Forget it, I don't play the AMERICAN team anymore.
384 Sebastian Stan also initially went to the role of the US team to interview, and then Marvel felt that he was more suitable for playing the Winter Soldier, and similar things happened to several other "Chris", which will be talked about later.
thor
Joel Kinnaman
Alexander Skarsgaard
Interestingly, Joel Kinnaman and "E Big" Alexander Skarsgaard are both true Norse people, and their hometown is Stockholm.
Thor, Joel Kinnaman's first role audition for an American film, went unheard of for weeks after sending the tape, and when he didn't have confidence, he suddenly found himself in the Guardian as one of Thor's candidates.
Joel Kinnaman later played squad leader Rick Fryger in Suicide Squad.
Best known for playing Eric the vampire in True Love Like Blood, E reached the final round of Thor's audition, wearing Thor's costumes and meeting director Kenneth Branagh several times and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.
Although he did not succeed in playing Thor, E-dad Stranster Skarsgaard starred as astronomer Eric Schavig in several Marvel movies.
Perhaps the most impressive thing is the scene of "Thor 2" in which he "runs naked" in Stonehenge...
When Marvel was casting for "Thor", director Kenneth Branagh invited Jitterson to audition for Thor, and the two had previously collaborated in the British drama "Wieland".
Jitterson gained 17 pounds over 6 weeks of frenzied workouts for the audition, and the image of him with muscles and a golden fake dancing hammer was later included in the Blu-ray tidbits of "Thor 2".
A month later, Kenneth called to say that Thor was sure that someone else had played him, hoping that he would play Loki, and Jitterson, who heard the news, was so excited that he sat down on the sidewalk outside a bar in North London and thought about life for a while. （“At which point I screamed and had to sit down on the pavement somewhere outside of a grizzly pub in North London and think about the rest of my life for a bit." ）
Black Widow
Emily Blunt
Before the filming of "Iron Man 2" began, Marvel approached Emily Blunt to play Black Widow, but due to the contract of "Gulliver's Travels", Emily could only refuse this offer.
Later, in "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Border Killer", we can still see her extraordinary skills.
After emily and her "Almost Beautiful Team" husband John Krasinski collaborated on the "A Quiet Place" fire, the call for them to star in the "Marvel First Family" Fantastic Four was very high, and the big touch bossogic also made a concept map.
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Hulk
Jacqueline Phoenix
After Edward Norton decided not to play the Hulk again, Jacqueline Phoenix was one of the popular candidates for the role.
Joaquin often broke the news of participating in comic book movies, but he was always a little worse, and his failure to play Doctor Strange may be due to the problem of too many signed movies.
In February 2018, Variety reported that Joaquin was the first choice in the mind of clown independent film director Todd Phillips, and Jacqueline was also determined to star, but in a subsequent interview, Jacqueline said that he "didn't know anything".
Of course, later we learned that he probably knew everything but couldn't say...
Uncle Mark's becoming the Hulk wasn't all smooth sailing, and he didn't learn he had a role until five o'clock in the morning on July 24, 2010, when Marvel officially announced it.
Remember Uncle Mark's "Live Sound" incident in 2017?
At the premiere, Uncle Mark, who forgot to turn off his mobile phone, "live-streamed" "Thor 3" for nearly twenty minutes on his Ins account, and after being warned by Disney staff and taking away the mobile phone, he was in a state of panic for the rest of the film screening.
In a later interview, he joked that he wondered if he would see news reports that "Marvel decided to use Jacqueline Phoenix to play the Hulk and replace Mark Ruffalo" when he walked out of the theater.
Jacqueline Phoenix is one of Uncle Mark's favorite actors, and during the filming of The Road to Redemption in 2007, Uncle Mark lived at Jacquin's house for a while.
Hawkeye
Jensen Ax
After all, in the end, there was no one-shot deal, and this widely circulated casting story could not be confirmed by marvel and Jensen himself. Marvel is said to have given Jensen a glimpse of Hawkeye, and his response was "Force of Evil is life." （Supernatural is life）
However, Jensen's fate with the comic book did not stop there, and he later voiced the anti-hero Red Hood in Batman: Red Shadow Trail.
Jensen Ax is an actor whose career is almost synonymous with Force of Evil, and with Force of Evil set to end in season 15, we also look forward to his many other roles as well as the sadness.
Spider-Man
Timothy Chalmed
There are three superhero cast members on Earth whose fame seems to be looking for a real-world spokesperson (or successor), one of whom is Spider-Man.
In 2015, "Civil War" was being filmed, and Marvel selected five of the world's 1,500 people to enter the final round of auditions: "Sweet Tea" Timothy Chalmed, Nat Wolff, Tom Holland, Liam James and Asa Butterfield.
Sweet Tea later recalled: "I read the lines twice, sweated profusely, and left completely in a 'panic'. ”（"I read twice [in audition] and I left sweating in a total panic"）
Elio's image is so deeply rooted in people's minds that it may be hard to imagine sweet tea flying among high-rise buildings, but he is a native of New York, and on the Fei Lun show, he said that his home is only a few streets away from the studio.
Doctor Strange
Jared Leto et al
In an interview with Empire, Scott Drikson, director of Doctor Strange, said Benny was the first choice he had in mind.
But when Benny's schedule is really out of line, he has to think about other actors, including Jacqueline Phoenix, Ryan Gosling, Jack Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Patrick Demsi — maybe only the real male god can play such a supreme master.
Ethan Hawke, who has previously worked with Scott Derrickson on Two Films, Sinister 1 and 2, and like Jacquin, is hesitant about how long it will take to join Marvel, adding: "We live in the Marvel era, and they continue to make high-level movies, one more successful than the other, and I'm willing to be involved." ”
Later, Jared Leto starred as the Joker in Suicide Squad.
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Finally, in order to adapt to Benny's schedule, Marvel postponed the release of "Doctor Strange" from the summer slot to November, and Benny had just finished performing "Hamlet" in the United Kingdom for only 36 hours before "learning" magic in Nepal.
Star Lord
Glenn Howlton
Lee Pace
Everyone knows the inspirational story of Star Lord, and the "Marvel Gym" brand has also been launched since then.
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn wanted the actor to star-lord to have more comedic experience than action scenes, and after Papa proved himself to be the perfect choice for the role in less than a minute, James Gunn also met Glenn Howlton, the star of the classic comedy "Philadelphia Forever Sunny," james Gunn said: "His chances are great, if I hadn't looked for Chris, then I would have chosen Glenn." ”
Lee Pace also first auditioned for the role of Star-Lord, but eventually starred in the accuser Ronan, which also achieved the MCU's "Chris's Law" (fog), that is, if one of the actors in the audition is called Chris, you are likely to end up playing the villain/male second.
Ant-Man
Joseph Gordon
According to Variety, when the director of Ant-Man was Edgar Wright, Joseph Gordon and Paul Luther were the two most likely candidates to play Ant-Man, and Edgar wanted Ant-Man actors to be more likely to be an "ordinary person" than a muscular man like Thor and Team USA.
Later, in an interview with the French edition of the Huffington Post, Joseph said: "There are always many rumors about these film projects, and everything is still under discussion. ”
In Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Joseph plays Detective Robin John Blake, a loyal ally of Batman who inherited the Batcover after resigning from the GCPD.
panther
Wesley Snipes
The invincible "Blade Warrior" also almost became a Black Panther, but this is the last century.
As early as 1992, Wesley began to prepare for Black Panther, but encountered many difficulties, and in early 2018, Wesley recalled in an interview: "Getting this project on track was an uphill battle: rewriting the script, uncertain director, conflicting stories, and CG technology was still difficult to create a virtual high-tech country like Wakanda." ”
However, it may be these difficulties that led to 1998's Blade Warrior, the first successful Marvel comic adaptation, but Marvel made only $25,000 and gradually had the idea of making its own movie.
Crimson Witch
Silsa Ronan
It has been reported that Jossie Whedon was originally based on Silsa Ronan as the Red Witch: European, in his early twenties.
Whether Marvel offered Ronan the contract is unknown, but when asked if he would be interested in playing the Red Witch, he replied, "Of course, of course I do, I love Jos and his films." I love the way he creates superheroes differently and would love to join in. ”
falcon
Michael P. B. Jordan
Michael P. B. Jordan is really related to superheroes, in addition to "The New Fantastic Four" and "Super Out of Control", he also auditioned for the little green devil in "The Amazing Spider-Man". Garfield also said that since watching "The Line of Fire", he has been fascinated by Michael, and has followed him since then, and also watched "Super Runaway", and the role of Little Green Devil was later taken by Dai Hanhan, another lead actor of "Super Runaway".
Later, he auditioned for falconry in "American Team 2", and eventually lost to Anthony McKay, but marvel and his old friend Ryan Coogler did not forget him, and asked him to play the villain Erik Killmonger in "Black Panther".
Drax the Destroyer
Jason Momma
Jason Momma has starred in "Dragx-like" roles in many film and television productions, such as Stargate, Game of Thrones, and Sword of Kings.
And these experiences are one of the reasons Jason didn't end up playing Drax, saying that he played a lot of painted and not dressed roles, and he didn't want to be stereotyped as a "barbarian" professional.
In addition, he was busy directing and acting in "The Journey of Paloma", a western road movie.
Marvel cartoonist Andy Park tweeted an early concept image of Drax based on Jason, which can satisfy everyone's curiosity.
Then again, the two elements of paint and no clothes, Neptune is the same.