10 Superhero Re-Castings That Hurt The Franchises and 5 That Saved Them

Опубликовано 21 июня 2018, 20:00

10 times the studio made a bad decision by re-casting a superhero and 5 times it actually was a great idea!
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Superhero movies often end up turning into long-running franchises - and that can often result in re-casts being required for all manner of reasons.

Whether it's due to scheduling conflicts, inadequate initial castings, actors and filmmakers falling out with each other, or simply because a franchise was rebooted, countless comic book characters have been re-cast in movies over the years.

Sometimes it works out and, of course, sometimes it doesn't - as is the case with all aspects of life - and in this video, we'll take you through some examples of both.

The re-castings in question are; Val Kilmer as Batman in Batman Forever, George Clooney as Batman in Batman & Robin, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk in the MCU, Brandon Routh as Superman and Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane in Superman Returns, the younger cast of actors as the X-Men, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops in the X-Men franchise, Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Josh Brolin as Thanos in the MCU, Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man, Scott Adkins as Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Don Cheadle as War Machine in the MCU.

But which of these re-castings do we think saved their respective franchise and which do we think hurt their respective franchise? You'll just have to watch the video to find out, won't you?!

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