Superhero Castings That People Hated But Were Amazing

Superhero movies are probably half of Hollywood’s revenue these days. Marvel alone is bringing out multiple movies each year and the competition isn’t slacking off anytime soon. But trying to make a superhero movie has one small problem: the characters already exist.

Having pre-existing characters leads to some casting issues, as the audience wants the actor to – at least visually – match the superhero they know from the source material. Here’s a few actors that got cast and absolutely nailed the part, but where the audience didn’t have too much faith in it.

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine)

It’s hard to imagine this right now, but Hugh Jackman wasn’t very well-received as Wolverine prior to the first X-Men movie. Considering how Wolverine is freakishly short in the comics and has no experience with acting in musicals, it seemed like all he and Hugh Jackman had in common was the facial hair.

Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman)

Anyone that knows Wonder Woman, knows that she’s a pretty muscular and strong woman – some people would even describe her with the modern word “thicc”. Gal Gadot, while athletic, is very skinny and slender. That said, she pretty much saved the DC Universe single handedly so maybe we should’ve given her a fair shot.

Chris Evans (Captain America)

The biggest thing that Chris had against him is that most superhero fans knew him as Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four franchise. It’s hard to imagine that 20 years after that awful movie, no one would even dare call Chris Evans the Human Torch anymore.