43 Actors In Their First And Latest Marvel Movies

He originally turned down the role of Captain America because he was worried his anxiety would get the best of him. However, a call from Robert Downey Jr. encouraged him to finally accept.

She dyed her hair red before booking the role in a bid to convince director Jon Favreau she was the right choice. However, the part originally went to Emily Blunt, but when she had to back out due to scheduling conflicts, it was offered to Scarlett.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora’s complete look was created with makeup and prosthetics; there was no CGI involved.

While the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home is the last film in his Marvel contract, Tom told Collider that he’d reprise the role “in a heartbeat.” He said, “It’s changed my life for the better. … If they want me back, I’ll be there, [and] if they don’t, I will walk off into the sunset a very, very happy person because it’s been an amazing journey.”

Carol’s new haircut was designed to be more comic-accurate.

After a scene about Valkyrie’s bisexuality was cut from Thor: Ragnarok, Tessa began speaking out about her character’s identity. She told Time, “You don’t want to bite the hand that feeds you, but I think a friendly bite is okay. Inclusion doesn’t happen by mistake. You have to push people. Sometimes shame is a powerful tool. That wasn’t necessarily my intention, but I don’t mind it being a dare.”

In an interview with Marvel.com, Darcy pointed out a small costume detail the WandaVision costume designer included just for her. She explained, “There’s a theme in Darcy’s costumes that the very astute will notice, which is this teal color. Mayes is such an artist that she was like, ‘Everything is teal to match your eyes.’ I was like, what? That’s the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me.”

She got to have a lot of input on her new costume for WandaVision.

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo told Entertainment Weekly that they used leftover footage from Thor: The Dark World (2013) for Jane’s scene in Avengers: Endgame.

He told Marvel.com that when he was asked to reprise his role in WandaVision, he agreed before even knowing what the show was about. His response was simply, “No questions asked, I’ll do it.”

He told Variety that he’s “not the first guy that people would think of when it comes to playing a big superhero.” However, that motivated him to play Ant-Man as “a superhero who was kind of a regular person.”

While filming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sebastian celebrated Bucky’s 106th birthday by going out to dinner with a friend. They even asked the servers to sing “Happy Birthday.”

Spider-Man: Homecoming was the first time the character Ned Leeds met Spider-Man in high school instead of through work.

Unlike her fellow Guardians of the Galaxy, Mantis’s look is mostly CGI.

She told Fandom in 2020, “I feel like [Nebula’s] story might just be beginning. “

He landed his first audition for the MCU by emailing Marvel Studios that he “would love to work with you guys.” Though he didn’t book the role of Mandarin (the villain in Iron Man 3), he caught the attention of Captain America director Joe Russo. He auditioned again without knowing exactly what role it was for. Then he found out he’d be playing Falcon two months before production began.

She told Variety that the role appealed to her because “[Shuri] was so far from the stereotypes that we see all the time.”

He told Digital Spy that he’s glad he doesn’t play a major role in the MCU because it “hasn’t felt restrictive at all.”

When Benedict passed on the role because of a scheduling conflict, director Scott Derrickson pushed back the original shooting dates to accomodate him because he “thought Benedict was perfect as Doctor Strange.”

He told Elle Man that he has no plans on leaving the MCU anytime soon. He joked, “Thor is way too young for that. I’m only 1,500 years old!”

She told NPR, “What’s really exciting to me is the idea that it’s a blockbuster where I’m speaking Xhosa.” She explained that Xhosa, which is from the Cape Region of South Africa, was chosen to be the language spoken in Wakanda because “Mr. John Kani, who plays T’Challa’s father, T’Chaka, he’s Xhosa.”

He told EE that he can’t believe he’s still playing Loki 10 years later. He said, “I’m honored that I am still, he’s been a huge part of my life. I’ve realized I’ve played him for a quarter of my life.”

He told the Hollywood Reporter that he uses a lot of kung fu moves he learned as a kid for Wong’s magical hand movements. He said, “I just did my own thing, to be honest.”

Though he died in The Avengers, Coulson was resurrected to star in Agents of S.H.I.E.LD. While none of the Avengers learned about his survival on screen, Clark told GameSpot, “I feel like Tony Stark knows things — he just finds a way to know things — but I think the two of them have had a blunt conversation about it and decided not to share it further. And then we had Lady Sif promise not to tell Thor — but I don’t know how much I believe that…I think everyone else is just keeping it a secret.”

When the comic version of Nick Fury was revamped in 2002, the artists modeled him after Samuel L. Jackson. The actor opened up a copy of The Ultimates, saw his own face, then had his representatives get in touch with Marvel to secure the role for him.

While Marvel hasn’t announced the return of Pepper Potts in any upcoming films, Gwyneth told People she’d be open to returning to the role “if it was a small part that [she] could do in like a day or two.”

Several months before Chadwick was cast as Black Panther, Charles Carter, a security guard and lifelong Marvel fan he bonded with on the set of Gods of Egypt, told him he’d be perfect for the role. Charles later gave his first edition Black Panther comic to Chadwick.

In Ant-Man and the Wasp, she became the first woman to be a titular character in the MCU.

Marvel hasn’t been able to make a standalone Hulk film starring Mark Ruffalo because Universal still holds the first right of refusal for the distribution of any Hulk-led films, even after Marvel was bought by Disney.

Sif didn’t appear in Thor: Ragnarok because of scheduling conflicts with Blindspot, an NBC series Jaimie starred in.

While attending the Yale School of Drama, he became close friends with Lupita Nyong’o, his future Black Panther costar. They met in an acting club that was founded by fellow future costar Angela Bassett.

He also directed Iron Man and Iron Man 2, and he served as the executive producer for every Iron Man and Avengers movie.

Fellow Marvel actor Paul Bettany, who plays Vision, and his wife Jennifer Connelly named their son after Stellan Skarsgård.

Drax’s makeup and prosthetics took five hours for five makeup artists to put on.

Don Cheadle replaced Terrence Howard in the role after the first Iron Man movie. He told NPR that when Marvel first called to offer him the role, he was at his daughter’s laser tag birthday party, so they gave him two hours to make his decision.

Stan Lee, the creator of Iron Man, once said, “That man was born to be Iron Man, you know? He’d be on the top of the list.”

She told CTV News that she was surprised when Marvel told her they wanted to bring Sharon Carter back five years after her initial appearance. She said, “The idea of finding out what happened was very intriguing to me.”

Jeremy was disappointed with the fact that Hawkeye was under Loki’s mind control for most of The Avengers. He said, “At the end of the day, 90% of the movie, I’m not the character I signed on to play.”

On a D23 panel, Hayley said the role “feels like the gift that keeps on giving” because of how many times the fans’ love for the character has brought her back into the MCU.

He first joined the MCU as the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark’s helpful AI, in Iron Man.

He originally didn’t even want to audition for the role, but Marvel casting director Sarah Finn told Variety that she “kept insisting that Chris Pratt was the guy for the part.”

He told Entertainment Weekly that the costume design in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, especially the furry coat, helped him transform the character. He said, “That whole outfit helped me a lot to re-create and reinvent Zemo.”