Some roles seem to be really important and may many actors wish to get the role, so they can become even more famous or to get a really nice role, or at lesat that is what most of the fans think about playing those characters because they want to see their favorite superheroes on the big screen. Many actors refused to take the role and play those great superheroes even if it seems impossible, it has happened many times.
If we thought that rejecting some of these important Marvel roles was impossible, these actors are showing us that we were wrong and we are wondering why they did not accept the role because everyone would want to have these great opportunities.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer who started his career by acting in some comercials and after he played some roles in different movies but he started to be best known because of Titanic.
Spider-Man
Leonardo rejected playing the role of Spider-man in 2002, he believed he was not ready for something like acting as a superhero or even wearing Spider-man clothing
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain is an American actress and film producer. She is best known because of her portrayals of women in film with feminist themes.Chastain made her debut in the drama Jolene.
Wasp
Jessica couldn't sign with Edgar Wright to get the Wasp role, she was having many problems with her agenda and because she didn't have enough time, she could not get the role.
Matthew McConaughey
He is an American actor, director, producer and writer. In the 2000's he started to become even more famous for starring in romantic comedies. He has been nominated for different awards.
Ronan the Accuser
James Gunn told McCaughey about being a villain in Guardians of the Galaxy and even if we don't know why, we think it was about time, he had other many projects.
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise is an American actor and producer. He has been nominated for many awards. Tom Cruise started his career when he was just 19 years old.
Iron Man
Cruise not only was going to play Iron man's role but also he was going to be Co-producer of the same movie after having many meeting with Kevin Feige.
Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams is a Canadian actress.She started acting in Canadian television and after she made her Hollywood debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. In 2004 she became even more famous with hte role in Mean Girls.
Pepper Potts
The iconic actress didn't want to accept the role for Pepper Potts in Iron Man, this character is now played by Gwyneth Paltrow for many reason that nobody knows.
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde is an Irish-American actress, director, producer and model. In 2007 Wilde made her Broadway debut playing the role of Julia.
Gamora
She was one of the actress who were part of the options to play the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy, but at the end Zoe Saldana made this role.
Josh Hartnett
Josh Hartnett is an American actor and movie producer. He started to get famous in 1997 for his role as Michael Fitzgerald in the television crime drama series Cracker.
Spider-Man, Batman, Superman
For some weird reasons he has not accepted different roles of important superheores, indluding Spider-man, Batman and Superman. Well, he said that he didn't wanto to take these roles because that could mean that he waould be stuck being some of these characters for the rest of his career.
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt is an English film and stage actress and singer. she made her debut in a production of the play The Royal Family.
Black Widow
Marvel producer asked Emily to play the role of Black Widow and Peggy Carter. She didn't want to accept both because wasn't the right moment and she could not have enough time for both roles.
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin is an American actor, writer and producer. He is a member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the four brothers, all of them are actors.
A villain
He told to The Howard Stern Show that he was asked to play the role of a Marvel villain but he didn't want to say which villain and he decided not to accept the role because his wife was pregnat at that moemnt and he wanted to be more time with her.
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa is an American actor, model and producer. He plays Aquaman in the DC extended Universe.
Drax
He was asked to play the role of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy film, he was the first option for the role but he didn't accept because he wanted to try new things.