9 Superheroes Who Have Been Played By Three Or More Actors (And Who Did It Best)

Who's really the best Spidey?

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In this current age of comic book films and television shows, it's becoming more and more common for some of Marvel and DC's most iconic heroes to be portrayed by more than one actor.

By this point, most heroes have been prominently portrayed by at least two performers. The likes of Quicksilver, Professor X, and Wonder Woman all immediately come to mind. However, thanks to recastings, the juggling of film rights, and reboots (soft or otherwise), the number of famous heroes who have been portrayed by at least three actors is definitely on the rise. Certain heroes have even managed to double this amount and then some.

When two different actors play one iconic comic book hero, fans will, without fail, pose the question of "who did it better?". However, when that number grows to three or more actors, the conversation becomes a bit more complex. This is especially true if more than one actor, if not all of them, did a good job at bringing the hero in question to life (or, if they all did a bad one.)

Is the third time really the charm when it comes to Marvel and DC's spandex-wearing vigilantes?

9. The Fantastic Four

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Played By: (Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell); (Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis); (Alex Hyde-White, Jay Underwood, Rebecca Staab, Michael Bailey Smith)

When it comes to the three different iterations of the Fantastic Four that have appeared on the big screen, the question is not which group of actors did it best, but rather, which was the least awful.

The original Fantastic Four film never even (officially) saw the light of day, and taking a look at it, it's not hard to see why. The actors involved did their best with what they had to work with, Alex Hyde-White (who played Reed Richards) especially, but they simply couldn't make up for the film's cheesy writing, laughable special effects, and ridiculous outfits (all of which stemmed from a miniscule budget.)

Similarly, 2005's Fantastic Four film had a solid cast, but once again, the movie was way too cheesy and poorly written to play to any of the actors' strengths. And its sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer, didn't fare much better. Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, and Michael Chiklis were cast pretty spot-on as Marvel's first family, but the scripts just weren't there for them.

Finally, we come to 2015's Fantastic Four, which, instead of being ungodly campy, decided to go with the other extreme and be way more self-serious than it had any reason to be. It's clear that the talented actors playing the team were trying, but the film simply didn't allow them to have any fun with their roles. This, combined with its many other faults, made the whole movie a slog to sit through.

Who Did It Best: The 2005-2007 team of Gruffudd, Evans, Alba, and Chiklis gets the nod here, even if that's not saying much. If nothing else, they were at least entertainingly silly, whereas the 1994 cast was painfully silly and the 2015 cast was boringly dour.

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