now that you seem to be cool with robert
downey jr again is there any chance you
come back and do an iron man or
adventure movie welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 behind the scenes mcu
dramas what would you say is the biggest
difference between approaching a marvel
project versus a dc project i don't
think there's much difference for this
list we'll be looking at feuds and
creative differences between actors
directors and studios that took place
during this comic book company's
productions what behind the scenes
disputes shocked you the most let us
know in the comments
number 10 edgar wright leaves the
production of ant-man so who the hell
are you
i'm ant-man
ant-man what you haven't heard of me
famous for his quirky comedies like
shawn of the dead and scott pilgrim vs
the world director edgar wright had
people excited when he was attached to
bring ant-man into the mcu it was also
good news to hear that he had been
working on different versions of a
script since the mid-2000s before the
mcu had really gotten off the ground
wright's enthusiasm for ant-man made it
shocking to hear that he left the
production months before shooting was
set to begin wow you're fired of course
i mean
i
can't really keep you on wait what after
wright and disney released a joint
statement citing creative differences as
the reason for his departure he was
replaced by peyton reed while ant-man
was still a success fans will always
wonder what could have been and i got to
introduce you to some people some really
skilled people not interested yeah right
no i'm serious man i'm not going back
number nine mcu films versus marvel tv
we don't know how long hydra's been
inside shield but they are taking
control hydra
what where everywhere while this may be
hard to imagine in a post one division
world there was a time where the quality
of mcu's tv properties was really
inconsistent and despite marvel's
insistence that everything was in the
same universe the films barely seemed to
acknowledge the tv shows captain america
has defeated the helicarriers at the
triskelion
but his status is unknown and shield has
fallen agents of shield actress chloe
bennett once called the show quote the
black sheep of the mcu multiple
creatives expressed frustration that
certain characters or plots couldn't be
used if the films needed them and after
jumping through all of these hoops it
became unclear whether any of these
shows were even canon now that new mcu
series are releasing on disney plus we
can expect the studio to distance itself
further from these early shows suddenly
our plane shuts down our communication's
jammed i don't know what's happening i
wish i did you have to believe me no i
don't number eight mickey rourke insults
marvel movies my father is the reason
you're alive
the reason i'm alive is because you had
a shot you took it you missed
mickey rourke had a few negative things
to say to marvel after iron man 2. while
he didn't play the worst marvel villain
of them all his role as whiplash was
largely forgettable the actor later
expressed his disappointment in the
film's final version of his character
whiplash he said the studio quote wanted
a one-dimensional bad guy so most of the
performance ended up on the floor rourke
also called the mcu movies mindless
a bird
you want a bird
although it's unclear what exactly
happened behind the scenes it's clear
the actor felt like he could have
brought more to the role it's safe to
say that fans would have definitely
liked to see a more complex take on
whiplash
[Applause]
number seven don cheadle replaces
terence howard hey tony i'm sorry this
is the fun v the hum drum bees back
there
nice job
let's see that the mcu is no
stranger to recasting its actors after
all mark ruffalo notably took over for
edward norton as the hulk but the high
profile replacement that really turned
heads was the announcement that terence
howard would no longer play james rhodes
next time baby
in between the first two iron man films
howard was reportedly offered less money
to reprise his role the actor later
implied that the money he was promised
went to upping robert downey jr's
paycheck after howard couldn't come to
terms with marvel over his pay his
involvement in the film ended and he was
replaced by don cheadle the latter actor
has done such a great job that few fans
are bothered now by this recasting
expect to see you here
look it's me i'm here deal with it let's
move on number six jeremy renner wanted
hawkeye to die what
you're gonna be all right
you know that
is that what you know hawkeye went from
being just another hero with a bow and
arrow to an avenger with an incredibly
deep backstory throughout the years we
watched him protect his secret family
cope with losing them after the snap and
get chosen to headline his own show on
disney plus but all of that almost never
happened while filming the first
avengers movie in 2012 actor jeremy
renner repeatedly asked to be killed off
so he wouldn't have to reprise the role
have you ever had someone take your
brain and play
pull you out
stuff something else in he was
frustrated that he spent most of the
film as a brainwashed minion instead of
a fully formed character fortunately the
creatives didn't listen to his requests
and gave him more opportunities to grow
you know
i don't judge
people mistakes number five joss whedon
runs into problems during avengers age
of ultron so you're going for artificial
intelligence and you didn't want to tell
the team
right that's right you know why because
we don't have time for city hall debate
seeing writer and director joss whedon's
name on a superhero project was once a
good sign for the fans people were
especially psyched for his next project
after he worked on the very successful
2012 avengers film however things
started to go downhill when it came time
for the 2015 sequel avengers age of
ultron i'm sorry i know you mean well
you just didn't think it through
you want to protect the world but you
don't want it to change behind the
scenes whedon and the studio disagreed
about certain story beats marvel
executives were also concerned that the
creative was giving too much attention
to developing the agents of shield show
and scheduling conflicts between actors
made whedon have to rethink certain
scenes
these production hurdles likely
contributed to age of ultron's mixed
reception city is flying we're fighting
an army of robots
and i have a bow and arrow none of this
makes sense number four ike perlmutter
versus everyone it's long been rumored
that ike perlmutter former chairman of
marvel entertainment butted heads with
notable marvel figures over the years
and there were suggestions that he
didn't have faith in female lead films
former disney ceo bob iger hinted that
pearlmutter made it difficult to get
films out with diverse or female leads
black panther and captain marvel were
specifically named as projects that iger
had to push harder for how do i look
fresh over the years the company was
restructured so feige no longer had to
work directly under pearl mudder since
then captain marvel and black panther
each grossed over a billion dollars at
the worldwide box office their massive
success was the best way for feige and
iger to prove pearl mudder wrong with
all due respect king t'challa what can a
nation of farmers have to offer the rest
of the world
number three natalie portman gets
distance from the mcu hi
hi
so what's the story with you
why does there have to be a story
there's no story after earning an oscar
for 2010's black swan it's
understandable to see why natalie
portman wanted more to work with than
she was given as jane foster and thor
despite being an accomplished
astrophysicist jane didn't really have
complex motivations or a challenging
role portman mainly wanted to return for
thor the dark world because patty
jenkins was set to direct at the time
but when jenkins left the project due to
creative differences the actress had to
continue without her after not returning
to film a post-credits scene follow-up
mcu films kept explaining away her
absence sorry to hear that jane dumped
you
she didn't dump me you know
i dumped her some mutual dumping it
seemed like portman's marvel career was
over however thanks to taika ytt and
other creative talents she's back on
board for thor 4. it's been a very
strange day i am jane
where were you
where were you number two the firing and
rehiring of james gunn what is your goal
here
to get everybody to hate you
because it's working while the mcu
parted ways with directors before they
got a chance to make their films it was
very different with james gunn his first
two guardians of the galaxy movies were
universally beloved when disney fired
him but once extremely controversial
tweets from guns past resurfaced in 2018
he was removed from production on the
third volume of the series while the
company moved on a number of fans in the
cast largely stood behind the director
dave bautista even claimed he'd quit the
film if gun script wasn't used while
gunn was working on the suicide squad he
was informed that he'd been rehired
again after a lot of back and forth
production on volume 3 would continue as
planned i was saving the galaxy again i
guess
awesome
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number one scarlett johansson sues
disney do you believe me now
how many others
enough for most people taking on a
company as big as disney is too
frightening to imagine but scarlett
johansson was willing to do so the
trouble started after disney released
the long-awaited black widow solo film
in theaters and on disney plus
simultaneously in 2021 johansen sued
because she claimed less money came to
her because the film was available to
stream when it was supposed to be a
theatrical exclusive what was her name
no
you don't feel anything however disney
initially called her out for not
considering the effect the pandemic had
on their plans marvel mainstays like
kevin feige were not happy with how the
company communicated with johansen
although the actress and the studio
eventually worked things out the lawsuit
brought her tenure as black widow to a
dramatic conclusion don't take it
personal but uh
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