10 Great Comic Book Movie Castings Fans Couldn't Handle

Well, well, well, this is an exceptionally rare occurrence! It isn't often that we can already feel the scorching, seething hatred of the internet before we've even published an article... or before we've even written it. But here we are.

Before we even began this article we knew how you lot would react, so in preparation/preemptive retaliation we really did our research on this one. We did so much research in fact that every single entry you'll find here isn't even a matter of opinion at this point, it's objective fact. And yes, we know how much angrier that statement makes you.

A few rules we self-imposed are as follows: 1) Every entry has to make complete sense in terms of the actor - not in terms of their back catalogue but also their personality, 2) no one who's actively expressed no interest in being a part of a comic book franchise - that means no Daniel Radcliffe as Daredevil, sorry guys, and 3) at least a few who are now considered the "definitive" version of that character - we like a challenge.

Oh, you might notice that there aren't a ton of DC characters on this list and that's because, well, as far as recasting is concerned they already have that market pretty solidly cornered, eh?

So, in another universe perhaps, these might happen. So join as we ask What If...?

Can we be honest with you? This one kind of scared us the most...well, let's call it a tie. We thought we'd lose you with this one because, let's face it, the role of J. Jonah Jameson essentially belongs to J. K. Simmons at this point, and rightfully so too, he's been knocking it out of the park all these years. So much so, in fact, that Marvel even seemed to agree after integrating him into the MCU.

But hear us out, what we're proposing isn't that Bob Odenkirk try and do some pale imitation of Simmons' Jameson - because that's all it would inevitably be - but instead a re-imagining of the character altogether.

Let's face it, what is it that we associate Odenkirk with first and foremost? That's right everyone - other than you comedy nerds who said Mr. Show - it's Saul Goodman, the criminal criminal lawyer. Saul Goodman - at least in his Breaking Bad iteration - is the definition of sleaze and smarm. A purely despicable character that for some reason you can't help but love.

So with that in mind, why couldn't we have a J. Jonah Jameson within the MCU who - instead of the brash, shouty, over the top version we know and love - is instead the kind of grotesque, smarmy news anchors we've become far too acquainted with in reality? That's all good, man.