MCU: 30 Actors Who Could Have Starred In Avengers: Infinity War

21. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Star-Lord)

Inception Arthur Joseph Gordon Levitt
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Before Chris Pratt landed the part of Peter Quill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt made the final shortlist and even screen-tested for the part.

It is, of course, not the actor's first or last flirtation with the superhero genre: he played John Blake in The Dark Knight Rises, and almost nabbed the Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) role shortly after he failed to win Star-Lord.

Would It Have Worked?: It's tough to say, honestly. The larger-than-life cartoonishness of Chris Pratt is hard to compete with, and Gordon-Levitt's approach would have probably been a little more stoic and composed.

He'd look fine in the Star-Lord outfit, sure, but it's easy to see why Marvel Studios went with Pratt instead.

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