Actors who nearly played Avengers for Marvel

Robert Downey Jr’s ineffable charm kickstarted the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008 with Iron Man. Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and many more joined along the way and, next week, Avengers: Infinity War will see nearly every Marvel star together on screen for the first time.

Marvel has been praised for getting its casting so consistently spot-on, but for every actor who slotted perfectly into the MCU, there were a handful of other actors who came super-close to landing the super-roles.

With this in mind, we’ve assembled The Alternate Avengers: the actors who almost wound up playing Earth’s mightiest heroes.

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