Before Scarlett Johansson suited up as the beloved Avenger, Emily Blunt was going to play the role. Paramount Pictures had the actress as their first choice to play Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2. However, contractual obligations to another studio blocked her from starring in the film.
Scroll on to learn more. While talking to Parade Magazine once, Scarlett Johansson revealed that she was the second choice for Black Widow. Interestingly, Emily Blunt was first approached to play Natasha Romanoff, and she had to back out because of her packed schedule.
Johansson only got the role after Emily Blunt dropped out. She also revealed that she lost out on Gravity around that time as well, a role that Sandra Bullock would score an Oscar nomination for. “I got turned down for two roles — the first was Iron Man 2 and then the other one was Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity,” she said.
Emily Blunt was the original choice for the Avenger superspy, who first appeared in 2010's Iron Man 2. But due to conflicts with another film, she ended up having to pass on the role, which ultimately went to Johnasson.
Florence Pugh was not the only actress from Little Women that was considered for the role of the Red Room operative. Saoirse Ronan was also considered by the casting directors.
Tom Hiddleston was one of the many young men who auditioned to play Thor, but Marvel felt he was a better fit for Loki. Those who also tested included Charlie Hunnam, Alexander Skarsgard, Joel Kinnaman, Kevin McKidd, and even WWE star Triple-H.
Emily Blunt reveals the truth about turning down the role of Black Widow in the Marvel series due to contractual obligations for another film. Blunt's decision to do Gulliver's Travels was driven by a need to fulfill a picture deal, not because she didn't want to be a part of the comic book genre.
Black Panther: Djimon Hounsou & Anthony Mackie Almost Played T'Challa. Before Chadwick Boseman was cast, there were three other actors considered to play T'Challa/Black Panther – and, funny enough, they all joined the MCU at some point.
At age 15, Yelena Belova is chosen as a candidate to become the new Black Widow, an elite Russian intelligence operative. The title's previous holder, Natasha Romanoff, AKA Black Widow, was no longer loyal only to Russia so they needed a replacement.
Josh was somebody who came up," Gunn said. "I'm a big fan of his work, and he was somebody who came up who really had the weight that you need for somebody like Thanos." But Brolin wasn't the only contender. "We talked about Pauly Shore for a long time.
Before Jeremy Renner was cast as Hawkeye, the producers' first choice for the role was Jensen Ackles, the star of Supernatural. Ackles turned down the role, however, because of scheduling conflicts with Supernatural.
Tom Cruise became one of the actors who lost the chance to play Iron Man's role because of Downey Jr.'s winning audition. When asked whether he would want to become the superhero if he were the first choice, he still said "no." "Not close," he said.
How old was Natasha in the beginning of Black Widow?
Captain America: The Winter Soldier established that Romanoff was born in 1984 and Black Widow's prologue introduced young Natasha (Ever Anderson) in 1995 when she was 11 years old. Meanwhile, young Yelena (Violet McGraw) was 6 years old in Black Widow's prologue, so she was born in 1989.
Amandla Stenberg auditioned for the role of Shuri in Black Panther, but they removed themself from the running because they felt the character should be played by a darker-skinned actor. She told Variety, "That was not a space that I should have taken up.
WATCH: Ironheart's Dominique Thorne Auditions for Shuri Opposite Chadwick Boseman. Marvel releases Dominique Thorne's Black Panther audition tape, showing the actor trying out for the role of Shuri opposite the late Chadwick Boseman.
Since the Black Panther is a key character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the studio could have recast the character and carried on with production. But Marvel President Kevin Feige felt it wasn't the right strategy.
The Pain Hustlers star, 40, shared her lifelong struggle with the speech disorder while accepting the Alumni Award for her work with the American Institute for Stuttering, with whom she first teamed up 17 years ago.
Marvel is digitally de-aging General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt) in Black Widow, and here's why that could be important to the first Phase 4 movie. Ross was a seldomly-used character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe until Phase 3, when he returned in Captain America: Civil War and split the Avengers up.
This left the creative team room to play with the characters and explore how the multiverse would affect the characters in these new stories. Some notable recastings included Spider-Man, Black Widow, and Captain America/Steve Rogers.
Hiddleston wasn't the only English actor who tried to become MCU's God of Mischief, meanwhile, as Charlie Cox also auditioned for the part. He eventually got to join the Marvel universe when he was cast to play Matt Murdock in the critically-acclaimed Netflix series, Daredevil.
Who was originally supposed to play Captain America?
Ryan Phillippe, John Krasinski, Chace Crawford, Jensen Ackles, Garrett Hedlund, Wyatt Russell, Chris Pratt, and Dane Cook were also considered for the role of Captain America. In April 2010, Sebastian Stan, who had been mentioned in media accounts as a possibility for the title role, was cast as Bucky Barnes.
And finally, Tom Hiddleston grew his hair out for the first Thor movie, but he wore a wig to reprise his role as Loki in The Avengers because he'd cut his hair short for two other films. He told Parade, "I dyed it again, and it was long enough to use a part of my hairline, but the rest of it was a wig.
Yelena was born in Moscow, Soviet Russia; at the age of 15 she was recruited by the GRU. After the death of her trainer, Pyotr Vasilievich Starkovsky, she is activated as the new Black Widow and deployed to investigate.
Kate has had romantic relationships with Patriot and Noh-Varr while also sharing a less serious connection with Speed. Clint Barton is Kate's primary partner and role model, but their connection occasionally becomes complicated by their time working together.
