5 Hollywood Stars Who Were Replaced From Marvel Franchise

By Anadya Narain

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Marvel is undoubtedly one of the biggest movie franchise in the world. It features a number of popular actors however here are some stars who were replaced by Marvel from their movies.

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1. Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard had a three-picture deal with Marvel, but he only played Rhodey/War Machine in Iron Man.

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During salary negotiations for the sequel, he was only offered 12.5% of the pay his initial contract promised so he passed on the role. He was replaced by Don Cheadle.

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2. Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving played Johann Schmidt/Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. But refused to star in more Avenger movies due to contract negotiations

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Red Skull returned then through a mixture of stand-ins and CGI. Ross Marquand as the voice actor in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

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Edward Norton portrayed Bannerin the  film The Incredible Hulk .  However, Mark Ruffalo was later casted to play Hulk replacing Norton in the upcoming movies.

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3. Edward Norton

Allegedly, Norton wanted bigger creative control over the film which was not agreed by its writers, director, and producers.

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Blunt was originally cast to play Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2. But she had to drop out because of schedule issues and was replaced by Scarlett Johansson.

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4. Emily Blunt

Dillon Casey played Will Daniels/Hive on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for two episodes before he was written off of the show.

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 5. Dillion Casy

Instead of being replaced, Casey was actually fired and his character was killed off due to the actor's opiod addiction.

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