3. Various Other Actors Were Linked With The Part Before Larson
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Brie Larson was unveiled to the public as the new Captain Marvel at San Diego Comic Con 2016, but not until after Marvel had gone through a list of other candidates.
Emily Blunt was heavily rumoured to be the frontrunner for the role, having previously auditioned for the part of Black Widow in 2008. She bowed out due to scheduling commitments, but it actually turns out that Blunt was never contacted by Marvel for the role of Carol Danvers. Speaking to Screen Crush, The Quiet Place actor confirmed that she had never met with Marvel for the part, and that the rumour had in fact been made up.
"Oh, no, nobody ever called me about it. [Laughs] It was all untrue!"
Others who were rumoured at one time to take on the role include Jessica Chastain and Charlize Theron, and though the part ultimately went to Larson, one would hope Marvel haven't given up on recruiting those who were also in the running for a future role in the series.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
