It goes without saying that starring in a Marvel movie comes with a hefty paycheck and
some major bragging rights.
Actors would BEG to star in a Marvel film as it essentially secures you in Hollywood
for life.
However, imagine being casted in a Marvel film only to be FIRED
quicker than Thanos could snap his finger.
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ALSO, let me know in the comment section below, which Marvel actor do you WISH got fired?
I think that would make for some great debate.
But without futher ado, let me tell you about the Top 10 Actors Marvel Has Fired!
Starting off our list at number 10 is Mark Ruffalo.
Now true Avengers fans will know this story already, but for those of you who donÕt know
and will probably attack me in the comment section, this has been an ongoing joke between
Mark Ruffalo, who plays Hulk, and the Russo brothers.
Essentially the joke goes, that Mark Ruffalo was on the Jimmy Fallon show and he faked
that he had leaked the fourth Avengers Movie title, so he tweeted Fallon to please remove
it, to which Jimmy said the episode was already about to air.
This drew fans to watch the show only to see the so called spoiler had been bleeped and
was clearly a publicity stunt.
The Russo brothers then tweeted at Mark say he was fired, the pair tweeted back and fourth
up until the EndGame poster was revealed which Mark jokingly tweeted ÒSo IÕm not fired?Ó
But some people took this joke too seriously and are still worried he wonÕt be in Avengers
4.
But donÕt worry, MarkÕs firing is just a joke and he will for sure be in Avengers 4É.
I mean so we hope.
Next on our list is Katherine Langford.
This isnÕt so much a firing as much as it is a simple Òcompletely cut from the movieÓ.
It was announced early on that Katherine Langford would appear in the record breaking film Avengers
Endgame.
However, when fans watched the movie they couldnÕt find her anywhere.
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo confirmedÊthat Katherine Langford filmed a scene forÊEndgameÊin
which she played an older version of Tony StarkÕs daughter Morgan.
Saying quote ÒThere was an idea that we had that Tony was going to go into the metaphysical
way station that Thanos goes into when he snapped his fingers and that there was going
to be a future version of his daughterÉ We showed it to a test audience and it was ... really
confusing.Ó Grown-up Morgan was supposed to tell her father she forgave him and let
him die in peace.
But because the adult version of Morgan didnÕt resonate with the audience, the scene never
made the final cut and Katherine was let go from the Marvel Universe.
We have Gerrard Sanders at number 8.
Howard Stark, Tony StarkÕs father has appearance and been referenced several times in the MCU.
Many people think John Slattery is the only man to play Stark as he appeared in Iron Man
2 and onwards, even being killed off in Civil War by the Winter Soldier.
But many fans forget that itÕs actually Sanders who played Stark first, he never acted the
role, but he modelled as Howard in photographs in the first Iron Man film.
However, when it came to acting the character and breathing him to life, Marvel felt Gerrard
didnÕt have what they were looking for and so he was fired and replaced with John.
Number 7, Lou Ferringo.
Another Hulk related firing.
You seem Lou provided the voice of the Hulk once Bruce Banner transformed.
HeÕs been voicing the Hulk since the 1970s TV Show and he made it in the MCU from the
first avengers all the way to Age of Ultron.
But when it came to Thor: Ragnarok Mark Ruffalo, who is the actor for Bruce Banner, took over
for the voice portion of the post transformation Hulk.
He is Groot and he is at number 6.
Although Vin Diesel is known for providing the voice of the beloved living tree, the
visuals of Groot has been played by different people.
In the first GuardianÕs of the Galaxy Krystian Godlewski was the body double that the cast
would play off of to help envision Groot, to which the CGI team then worked their movie
magic in post production.
When it came to Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, Groot is a wee little sapling and thus
didnÕt need an actor to play him as he was created solely through CGI.
But in Infinity War Groot is a teenager and thus Marvel casted Terry Notary to be the
motion capture actor.
In this scenario it isnÕt so much Marvel firing an actor as it is the character simply
growing in height from adult to teen and thus a recast was necessary.
At the halfway point with Hugo Weaving.
Hugo originally played Red Skull, whom fans argue is one of the best Marvel Villians,
but IÕll let you guys fight that out in the comment section.
Weaving played Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger.
However, the actor has publicly stated how he hated the intense makeup it took to get
into the role of Red Skull and how we wouldnÕt play the role of the Hydra leader again.
Well Red Skull did make a surprise cameo in Infinity War, but he was played by Ross Marquand
from the walking dead.
Ross is very well known for his imitations of Hollywood actors and so Marvel hunted him
down to recreate the role of Red Skull.
He does such a good job that man fans almost didnÕt know the recast, myself included!
Damian Portier takes the number 4 spot.
Thanos, you canÕt say that name without someone knowing who your taking about.
Heck even non Marvel fans know the name Thanos, thatÕs how bad of an evil villain he is,
everyone knowÕs him.
Well what everyone doesnÕt know is that although the MCU was planned from star to finish for
the Infinity Wars Saga, however Thanos wasnÕt properly casted until Guardians of the Galaxy.
Even though Thanos had already appeared briefly in the post-credits of the Avengers, although
it wasnÕt a speaking role, he did appear and it left fans SHOOKED.
Damion Poitier is a stuntman and he stood in for the role of Thanos for that brief cameo.
Although he is not a professional actor, so when it came to bringing the role to actor
life, the Josh Brolin was casted and played the role up until the very end of Endgame.
Number 3, Josh Dallas as Fandrill.
Although he was killed off in the opening scene of Thor: Ragnarok, Fandrill was important
to the Asgard world as one of the Warriors Three.
Zachary Levi was originally casted to play the role, but had to decline due to his tv
show Chuck being extended for a third season.
So Josh Dallas was then cast and stepped into the role.
But then when it came to Thor: The Dark World, JoshÕs show One Upon A Time then became very
popular and got extended so then he had to pull out of Thor.
Funny enjoy when he did pull out Zachary LeviÕs film schedule became available and so he then
got to play the role he was originally cast for in both Thor: The Dark World and Thor:
Ragnarok.
Coming close to the end with Terrance Howard at number 2.
A notable recast was the role of James in Iron Man, the film that started it all.
Terrence Howard play the role in the first movie and was signed on for more films, however
Howard was the highest paid actor on Iron Man, and for reasons unknown, Marvel didnÕt
want to give him a pay bump for Iron Man 2 as they had promised.
Instead they ended up firing Howard all together, giving some of his pay to Robert Downy Jr.,
who ironically had asked for a pay raise and thus this whole issue began.
Howard was eventually fired and replaced by Don Cheadle.
Although Don played the role wonderfully and made it his own, itÕs a little bothersome
that the two actors donÕt really resemble one another and they both played the role
so very different from one another.
But then again, thatÕs Hollywood.
Last but not least in at number 1 is Edward Norton.
The Hulk has had a lot of ÒfiringsÓ in this list, but this is hist most notable.
In the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, which tanked at the box office, atleast to the standardÕs
Marvel films reach today.
In this film Edward placed the beloved Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk.
Which even featured a cameo from Robert Downey Jr. who plays Iron Man.
Norton was set to play the Hulk in the Avengers film, however apparently the actor is a lot
to deal with on set, demanding to have a lot of creative control over his character, which
didnÕt sit well with Marvel.
And consider The Incredible Hulk didnÕt do that well, Marvel chose to replace Edward
Norton for a more well known actor, in this case being Mark Ruffalo.
Even though they both look nothing alike.
Although fans have noted that they did enjoy EdwardÕs take on Bruce Banner, but due to
his creative differences with the production crew he had to be fired.
ThatÕs the end of our Top 10 Actors Marvel Has Fired!
What did you think of this list?
Are there any people you wished didnÕt get fired, recast or completely cut out?
Are there any actors IÕve missed?
Let me know in the comment section below.
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