MCU's best casting is...

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Poll MCU's best casting is... (63 votes)

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man 44%
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America 22%
Chris Hemsworth as Thor 5%
Edward Nortune as Bruce Banner/Hulk 3%
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk 2%
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye 0%
Scarlett Johnasson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow 5%
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star Lord 0%
Zoe Saldana as Gamora 0%
Dave Bautista as Drax 0%
Vin Diesel as Groot 0%
Bradley Cooper as Rocket Racoon 3%
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury 2%
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier 2%
Tom Hiddleston as Loki 6%
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon 0%
Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson 0%
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill 0%
Anthony Hopkins as Odin 0%
Natalie Portman as Jane Foster 0%
Stellan Skarsgard as Erik Selvig 0%
Ket Dennings as Darcy Lewis 0%
Colm Feore as King Laufey 0%
Idris Elba as Heimdall 0%
Ray Stevenson as Volstagg 0%
Tadanobu Asano as Hogun 0%
Jaimie Alexander as Sif 0%
Rene Russo as Frigga 0%
Josh Dallas as Fandral 0%
Zachary Levi as Fandral 0%
Christopher Eccleston as Malekith 0%
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Algrim/Kurse 0%
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter 2%
Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel Chester Phillips 0%
Hugo Weaving as Johan Schmidt/Red Skull 0%
Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark 0%
Stanley Tucci as Dr. Abraham Erkskine 0%
Toby Jones as Dr. Arnim Zola 0%
Neal Mcdonough as Dum Dum Dugan 0%
Derek Luke as Gabe Jones 0%
Kenneth Choi as Jim Morita 0%
JJ Feild as James Montgomery Falsworth 0%
Bruno Ricci as Jacques Dernier 0%
Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce 0%
Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones 0%
Maximiliano Hernandez as Jasper Sitwell 0%
Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter/Agent 33 0%
Terrance Howard as James "Rhodey" Rhodes 0%
Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes/War Machine/Iron Patriot 0%
Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane 0%
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts 0%
Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan 0%
Paul Bettany as Jarvis 0%
Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer 0%
Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko/Whiplash 0%
John Slattery as Howard Stark(old) 0%
Guy Pierce as Aldrich Killian 0%
Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery 0%
Rebecca Hall as Maya Hanson 0%
Ty Simpkins as Harley Keener 0%
Lee Pace as Ronan 0%
Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta 0%
Karen Gillan as Nebula 0%
Djimon Hounsou as Korath 0%
John C. Reilly as Corpsman Dey 0%
Glenn Close as Nova Prime 0%
Benicio Del Toro as The Collector 0%
Josh Brolin as Thanos 0%
Chloe Bennet as Skye/Daisy Johnson 0%
Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons 0%
Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz 2%
Brett Dalton as Grant Ward 2%
Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May 0%
Nick Blood as Lance Hunter 0%
Adrianne Palicki as Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird 0%
Other(comment) 2%

What was the best casting done for The MCU.

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There are so many it's very hard to pick just one. I wanted to pick Yondu realy bad but choose Loki.

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#2  Edited By G_leno

Loki. RDJ is the obvious choice but tom deserves some recognition too. There are many good castings, but there are those elite few who overshadow the rest. Mockingbird and Coulson are the best lesser characters.

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Edward Norton was easily the best casting.

most people are going to look at this list with hindsight of all the movies they've seen. But the act of casting takes place before movies and so to judge how good a casting is, you have to look at when it was done.

RDJ was completely washed up in 2008. Hemsworth was a no body, Evans was young and charismatic but untested, Hiddleston was a no body, etc, etc, etc. Frankly, all of those castings were shoddy at best. It wasn't until later than its good, but again - that's hindsight and thus not really a good way to judge the casting at face value.

Norton was easily the best talent at the time they casted him - and one could argue he still is, He's just a tool and is insane to work with.

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Everyone except Mark Ruffolo.

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I picked Chris Evans he was born to hold the shield.

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Scarlett Johansson because reasons

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@ryagan said:

Pretty much everyone except for Karen Gillan as Nebula and Zoe Saldana as Gamora.

Why, what was your problems with them?

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Loki/Tom

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#13  Edited By Patera_All

@fallschirmjager: Do you not see the the absurdity of your argument? Ed Norton may have been the most mainstream star at the time of his casting, but that in no way makes him the best casting choice in a role. That so many actors became stars, or in RDJ's case regained stardom, because of their roles in Marvel films, is proof that they were brilliant choices. If Norton hadn't played the Hulk, neither his career, nor anyone's perception of the Hulk, would ever have changed. When I think of Stark, I imagine RDJ. When I read Loki, I hear Hiddleston's voice. That is what matters. Anyone, anywhere, read about Bruce Banner and picture Ed Norton?

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#14  Edited By dan12456

Chris Evans IS Captain America for me now. None of the other actors to me feel like a definitive portrayal of their character (I know a lot of people think of Iron Man this way but I really dislike RDJ as an actor, cool dude though).

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Evans as Cap.

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1. RDJ

2. Tom Hiddleston

3. Bradley Cooper

4. Michael Rooker

5. Chris Evans

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@ryagan said:

@matthewparker said:

@ryagan said:

Pretty much everyone except for Karen Gillan as Nebula and Zoe Saldana as Gamora.

Why, what was your problems with them?

Karen Gillan was boring as tar, and Zoe Saldana just played the same character she did in Star Trek and Avatar.

I thought Karen Gillian was the best thing in Guardians, I wanted more of Nebula and it's what made me a fan of Gillian. (I despise Doctor Who)

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  1. RDJ as Iron Man
  2. Chris Evans Captain America
  3. Tom Hiddleston as Loki
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@ryagan said:

@black_wreath said:

@ryagan said:

@matthewparker said:

@ryagan said:

Pretty much everyone except for Karen Gillan as Nebula and Zoe Saldana as Gamora.

Why, what was your problems with them?

Karen Gillan was boring as tar, and Zoe Saldana just played the same character she did in Star Trek and Avatar.

I thought Karen Gillian was the best thing in Guardians, I wanted more of Nebula and it's what made me a fan of Gillian. (I despise Doctor Who)

Really? Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot were the best things about that movie. Nebula was one of the most cliche villains I've seen in any movie. Ever.

To me those three together resulted in comic-relief overload, great characters no doubt but by the end of the movie I had had enough of them - honestly I preferred Drax as well who I expected to be badly performed before seeing the movie. Nebula was who I gravitated towards over everyone else. Gamora was nothing but disappointment to me, I expected someone who was tortured into becoming a killing machine to be more interesting than "token team female" and by the end sadly that's all I saw her as.

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#22  Edited By DrF8

RDJ easily. He is the personification of Tony Stark in real life.

Natalie Portman and Samuel L. Jackson are to damn good actors/actresses to loose their time on MCU btw...

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Downey and Hiddleston by far,may be Dr.Strange too(until I see the movie)

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Chris Evans is so underrated as Cap. Dude embodies the heck out of the role.

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#25  Edited By strangetales

Edward Norton was easily the best casting.

most people are going to look at this list with hindsight of all the movies they've seen. But the act of casting takes place before movies and so to judge how good a casting is, you have to look at when it was done.

RDJ was completely washed up in 2008. Hemsworth was a no body, Evans was young and charismatic but untested, Hiddleston was a no body, etc, etc, etc. Frankly, all of those castings were shoddy at best. It wasn't until later than its good, but again - that's hindsight and thus not really a good way to judge the casting at face value.

Norton was easily the best talent at the time they casted him - and one could argue he still is, He's just a tool and is insane to work with.

I voted Norton too. He's a smaller guy and looks like a Bruce Banner to me

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Someone actually voted for Johansson as Widow?!?

Anyway, I was torn between a few people, but in the end I decided to go with Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Honorable Mentions include:

  • RDJ as Iron Man
  • Chris Evans as Captain America
  • Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
  • Anthony Hopkins as Odin
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Someone actually voted for Johansson as Widow?!?

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@g_leno said:

Loki. RDJ is the obvious choice but tom deserves some recognition too. There are many good castings, but there are those elite few who overshadow the rest. Mockingbird and Coulson are the best lesser characters.

I can dig this.

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Most are Decent. Tom's loki isn't that great of a character IMO. He himself makes the character good and the character without wouldn't be. I Like RDJ but If I didn't know better he was the Superior Ironman before the Superior Ironman :p. Either way They both are good but I'd prefer giving my vote to a Role not so easy. That's goes to Chris Evans for embodying Captain America.

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Norton is bigger than Ruffalo though lol

And RDJ for me easily. I may be growing tired of his schtick but the MCU would be nothing without him.

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My boy Ed Norton. My favorite casting in a movie that basically got scrapped from the MCU even if it was better than everything before Cap 2.

oh the pain

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Chris Evans easily, he's the only one who's giving constantly good performances, if we're talking about best one time performance without considering the mediocre or bad performances then RDJ without a doubt with Bridges, Norton, Hiddleston, Cooper. For supporting characters it's Howard, TLJ, Cooper and Hopkins.