8 Marvel Actors Who Were Cast In The Wrong Parts
8. Mickey Rourke
Despite being mostly chopped out in the edit, Mickey Rourke was one of the only things about Iron Man 2 that worked, and even then he was mostly wasted. Whiplash is inherently kind of a lame villain, so while the charisma he brought to the part helped prop up the movie a little, theres only so much he could have done.
Rourke was apparently furious at the heavy-handed editing too, feeling they ruined his performance by shifting more focus to the heroes instead; looking at the final movie, it's hard to disagree.
Who He Should Have Played Instead: Thanos
It's a crime to waste a perfectly good Mickey Rourke, and he would have absolutely killed it playing Thanos, because if any actor could convincingly pose a threat to The Avengers or the entire universe, really - it would be an angry Rourke.
Instead, he's stuck with laser whips, a dodgy Russian accent and hair extensions, playing second fiddle to Tony Stark and Rhodey's action comedy double act.