Marvel Auditions - 8 Actors Considered to Play Iron Man Before Robert Downey Jr. (1 Actor was Offered the Role and was 'Not Interested')

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced so many popular stars to the franchise. But few of them are able to compete with the hold that the original six members of the Avengers – Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner – have on us.

interview with Men’s Health, which was published earlier this week. “Oh, f–k yeah, it’s a real thing — it’s not just for Instagram,” Renner said about his friendship with his co-stars. “We have a family chat and have for a long time,” he said.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jeremy Renner graces the July/August cover of Men’s Health magazine, where he opened up about the overwhelming support he received from his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars following his near-death snow plow accident at the start of 2023. For instance, Falcon actor Anthony Mackie visited Renner in the hospital just days after the accident even though Renner was still on life support and could only see out of his right eye. Iron Man icon Robert Downey Jr.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter “Actors on Actors” Season 20 was the most-watched Emmys lineup in Variety history, garnering 97 million video views across social media and outpacing 2023’s record-breaking TV season. Occurring twice a year during Emmys and Oscars voting, Variety’s “Actors on Actors” spotlights the biggest and buzziest names of each awards season. The 2024 TV lineup included Robert Downey Jr.

Deadline’s TV Talk podcast is back for another season, taking listeners all the way to the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony September 15. Today’s podcast is the end of our Phase 1, but, like Arnold said, we’ll be back.

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Jon Cryer, Timothy Hutton and Robert Downey Jr. are sometimes also cited as members.) The core Brat Pack movies include “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty In Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “St. Elmo’s Fire.” Directed by and starring McCarthy, 61, the documentary follows McCarthy as he seeks out his former peers – some of whom he hasn’t seen in several decades — and has frank conversations with them.

he told Us Weekly. “Brats” is about the famous group of ‘80s stars, their memories of their heyday and their gripes with that moniker. The circle of stars associated with the label are Emilio Estevez, Ringwald, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Cryer and McCarthy.(Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr.

Françoise Hardy, a popular French singer and actor who had numerous Top 10 albums and singles in Europe and appeared in films including Grand Prix, has died June 11 at 80. Her son, Thomas DuTronc, revealed the news on social media but did not provide details, writing only, “Maman est partie” (mom is gone).

As one of Hollywood's most highly sought actors, Johnny Depp is no stranger to competition. In Tara Wood's upcoming, untitled documentary, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star and famed director Tim Burton open up about what led to Depp landing his role as Edward Scissorhands in the 1990 fantasy film and reveal the other A-list stars who were considered for the part. "[Tom Cruise] was not far away from actually playing Edward Scissorhands — true story," Depp said in the documentary, according to People.

William Earl administrator Horror author Paul Tremblay developed a deep love of spooky stories early on, and he tackles the haunted films genre with his newest novel, “Horror Movie” (out Tuesday via William Morrow and Company). The plot concerns a ’90s cult classic horror movie which left all but one cast member dead and the dark stories that are dredged up as a remake comes closer to reality. Professionally, Tremblay is no stranger to scary movies, as his 2019 novel “The Cabin at the End of the World” was adapted into M.

Floyd Collins, the 1994 musical that has built an enduring popularity due to an Off Broadway cast recording, will finally receive a Broadway staging: The Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical will be part of the just-announced 2024-2025 40th Anniversary Lincoln Center Theater season.

Jodie Foster has told Robert Downey Jr. that he has “a big mouth and a crazy mind” and that he is the sort of person that she would like to be.The two Oscar-winning actors took part in the ‘Actors on Actors’ series recently for Variety, where they shared their memories of working together, including on the 1995 Thanksgiving film Home For The Holidays, which Foster directed.Recalling their collaboration, Foster said the filming process was “all perfect because of you.”“You have a big mouth and a crazy mind that loves the freedom of being in the moment, which is not who I am, but who I wish to be – somebody that’s free like you,” she added.Downey admitted that he was “pretty out of my mind” for the duration of the shooting of the film, and recalled his contribution being “one of the most relaxed performances in the history of cinema”.Earlier this year, Downey was awarded the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscars for his role in Oppenheimer, while Foster is a two-time winner in the Best Actress category, for 1988’s The Accused and 1991’s The Silence Of The Lambs.In April, Foster spoke again about Home For The Holidays, during a time when Downey’s struggles with addiction and crime were prominent.She told Esquire that she “took him to one side” before saying: “Look, I couldn’t be more grateful for what you’ve given in this film.

It’s not crazy to say the Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t reached “Avengers: Endgame” heights over the past five years. Phases 4 and 5 have largely been seen as letdowns.

Robert Downey Jr. isn’t entirely saying never to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Chris Hemsworth is in talks to star in a Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie.The announcement (via Deadline) marks the continuation of Hemsworth’s collaboration with Paramount Pictures, with the Australian actor already starring in the upcoming animated movie Transformers One – scheduled for theatrical release on September 20, 2024.A crossover movie between Hasbro’s two major toy lines was teased in the final scene of Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, where the Autobots were introduced to the special-forces organisation G.I.

Firefighters sliced a car in half to rescue a man who crashed into a wall after pulling away from police. Emergency services raced out to Castlefield at around 10pm last night (May 30) after a Volkswagen Passat ploughed into a wall, on the junction of Liverpool Road and Water Street.

Kim Kardashian is getting BLASTED after being picked for Variety‘s Actors on Actors series!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amazon Prime Video has ordered a series based on Andy Lane’s “Young Sherlock Holmes” novels with Hero Fiennes Tiffin set for the lead role, Variety has learned. Guy Ritchie is attached to direct and executive produce the eight-episode series. It will be a reunion for Ritchie and Tiffin, who recently worked together on the feature “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” It is also the latest Sherlock Holmes project for Ritchie, as he previously directed two films about the famous detective starring Robert Downey Jr.