It is said that he was offered the role of Spider-Man in 2002, but he passed it on to his friend, Tobey Maguire as he thought Tobey would do justice to this role.
Before Aaron Eckhart, the role of Harvey Dent from the movie 'The Dark Knight' was offered to him, but due to his busy schedule, he turned down the role.
He was also offered the role of Daredevil but passed it on to Ben Affleck as he was not impressed with the script.
According to some reports in the media, it is said that before Robert Downey Jr., Marvel Entertainment approached Tom Cruise for the role of Tony Stark in Iron Man. But, he dropped the role due to some unknown issues with the production house.
The James Bond actor revealed in an interview that "Yes, I did reject the role in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman." And when asked about the reason, he said that "Any superhero who wears his underpants outside cannot be taken seriously."
The movie which made Scarlett Johansson a superstar overnight was first offered to Emily Blunt. But she turned it down as she didn't like this idea.
Very few people might know that he was the first choice for the role of Odin in Thor. When he was asked if he has ever been offered any role in a superhero movie, he said, "Yeah, a long time ago, to play Thor's dad."
She was offered the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy, but she refused it for unknown reasons and finally, the role went to Zoe Saldana.
He turned down the lead role of Doctor Strange from Marvel Entertainment and when asked he said "I have said no to right people a few times in my life, and my reason for saying no was simple, I wanted to spend some time with my family."
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