Kevin Feige Isn’t Worried About Recasting
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of characters played by amazing actors and actresses. However, as time waits for no one, it’s only a matter of time before certain actors and actresses won’t be able to play their iconic roles. Which of course brings ups the topic of recasting roles so that the characters can still be used. In an interview with Variety, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige says he’s not worried about recasting, at least, not in the near future:
“Luckily we don’t have to make that decision anytime soon. There are a lot of movies that everyone is signed on for, and we get to enjoy them for a long time. Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man, and right now I can’t envision anyone else. Chris Evans has embodied Captain America as well as any actor has ever embodied an iconic pop-culture figure like that. I go back to Chris Reeve as Superman as the gold standard, and I think Evans is right there. I couldn’t imagine anybody else.
But you also look to history: We have a new Spider-Man right now who was in our “Civil War” film and is in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and the audience has embraced it. And you can look to Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and Batman as characters that last longer than any one actor playing them. There’s a precedent for it in other franchises that suggests it’s possible. But right now I don’t want to think about it and don’t need to think about it.”