Everyone who worked onThor : The Dark Worldhated it more than you do !
Getting to work on the set of a Marvel movie might seem like a dream come true, but not everyone who gets a chance to bring an iconic comic character to life has a ~super~ experience.
Here are 17 actors and directors who regretted working on Marvel movies:
1.Terrence Howard, who originally held the role of Rhodey / War Machine inIron Man, refused to come back for the sequel because the studio wanted to pay him an eighth of what he’d already been promised in his three-picture deal in order to pay costar Robert Downey Jr. more.
2.Mickey Rourke worked with theIron Man 2writer and director to make Ivan Vanko /Whiplashmore than just “a complete murderous revenging bad guy,” but “unfortunately, the [people] at Marvel just wanted a one-dimensional bad guy so most of the performance ended up [on] the floor.”
3.Director Josh Trank said that what he tried to do withFantastic Four(2015) was “so arrogant for somebody who hadn’t really gotten the handle of his own skill set as a filmmaker,” and he felt bitter about the experience for years.
4.When theFantastic Four: The Rise of theSilver Surferdirector Tim Story toldJessica Albathat she needed to “cry pretty” while filming her character Sue Storm / Invisible Woman’s death scene, she almost quit acting.
5.Ryan Reynoldsonly played Wade Wilson / Deadpool inX-Men: Originsbecause he was already attached to theDeadpoolsolo movie, and the studio threatened to replace him if he refused.
6.Even though she played the titular character,Jennifer Garnerthought thatElektrawas “awful,” and shewishedthat she could have waited until Kevin Feige took over the MCU.
7.Patty Jenkins was originally slated to directThor: The Dark World, but she left the production because she “did not believe that [she] could make a good movie out of the script that they were planning on doing” and “it would have looked like it was my fault.”
8.In fact, when Jenkins signed on,Natalie Portmanwas excited to reprise her role as Jane Foster but after the director was replaced, she only stayed on because of her contractual obligations.
9.Replacement directorAlan Taylorsaid that working on theThorsequel was “something I hope never to repeat and don’t wish upon anybody else,” because, “I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post, it turned into a different movie.”
10.Going directly from playing Nelson Mandela inMandela: Long Walk to Freedomto reprising his role as Heimdall was “torture” that “ripped [Idris Elba’s] heart out.”
11.Christopher Eccleston, who played Malekith, said that filmingThor: The Dark Worldwas like “a gun in your mouth.”
12.After the release ofBlade: Trinity,Wesley Snipessued New Line Cinema for $5 million, alleging that they violated his contract by withholding part of his salary, forcing the script and certain cast and crew members on him, and harassing him because of his race.
13.Sally Fieldhated playing Aunt May inThe Amazing Spider-Manbecause “it’s really hard to find a three-dimensional character in it, and you work it as much as you can, but you can’t put 10 pounds of shit in a 5-pound bag.”
14.Director Sam Raimi said thatSpider-Man 3was “a movie that just didn’t work very well” because he “didn’t really believe in all the characters.”
15.Producer Avi Arad regretted “forcing” the director to include Venom inSpider-Man 3because “Venom is not a sideshow.”
16.In 2003, writer/directorEdgar Wrightcowrote a treatment forAnt-Manand continuously delivered script rewrites over a decade of production delays. However, in 2014, Marvel Studios commissioned a script draft without his input so he formally left the project two months before production began.
17.And finally,Robin Williamswas originally cast as the lead character’s voice inHoward the Duck, but he quit after just a few days because he felt confined, as if he was “handcuffed to match the flapping duck’s bill.”
