12 Castings For New Movies That Prove Hollywood Has Gone Insane

12. Martin Freeman - Captain America: Civil War

Shut up, you're probably saying. If an Oklahoma stage star can play Wolverine, a comedian play Batman and Paul Rudd play any superhero then surely Martin Freeman can slot easily into the MCU.

Nope. Freeman might be big business at the minute thanks to being one of the only redeeming parts of The Hobbit trilogy, but he's just so incredibly English. Yes, he was very good in Fargo, but there was something very British about that characterisation: the suppressed rage and capacity for huge violence is exactly what every Tube ride feels like, after all.

There is a disconnect between Freeman's quaintness (that's not the insult it sounds) and the garishness of blockbusters. Simon Pegg has found the same thing, and he hasn't had much success playing an American. Perhaps therein lies the key for understanding Freeman's casting.

Perhaps he's going to play an interesting side character only on screen briefly, like the British prime minister, signing away the lives of his country's heroes.

Or, he might be Captain Britain. And the world will explode.

Will It Work?

If he's the Prime Minister, probably, as it's in his wheel house. If he's a superhero, you have to be worried.