10 Harsh Truths About The MCU Fans Won't Admit

10. Recasting Characters Won't Go Down Well

Let's start as we mean to go along, with harsh but petty truths.

For nearly 20 years, superhero fans watched and grew up with Australian hunk Hugh Jackman and English thespian Sir Patrick Stewart playing two of the most iconic X-Men characters in existence. You might even say that audiences couldn't picture anyone else popping claws and donning a Cerebro helmet, but if Disney's plan is anything to go by, that fact is about to become a reality very soon.

Casting announcements for beloved fictional characters has never gone down well; just ask Robert Pattinson and Daniel Craig. Still, audiences have grown to love new representations, and while we can be sure whomever will take on the mantle of Cyclops, Magneto or Storm will do a cracking job, they're already on the backfoot because a sect of fandom and critics will compare their portrayals to what's gone before.

Don't believe it? Read any review of Batman V Superman and see if anyone doesn't compare Ben Affleck to Christian Bale.

Even at the beginning of the whole process, when Comic Con and Disney Galas make grand announcements, audiences and die-hard fans will have their ultimate fancast of actors in their heads for new roles. Whoever the full roster of X-Men and Fantastic Four actors will be, all the best to them because if one character appears miscast, all hell will break loose.

This is more of a slant on the toxic fans than the MCU, but no matter how calm and casual a fan claims to be, they won't be happy either way.

Which brings us to...