40 Extraordinary Facts About Marvel Superheroes<

The MCU as you've never read it...

1. Robert Downey Jr. only wears the Iron Man armor in the first installment of the franchise.

Much too heavy and restrictive to wear, it is then replaced by CGI in the wide shots and a "football suit" (a helmet and shoulder pads) for the tight shots.

2. While in the first Iron Man you can hear the song Iron Man from Black Sabbath when Iron Man says "I am Iron man", in Avengers Tony Stark wears a Black Sabbath t-shirt.

3. Nicknamed Tony Starks and author of a debut album titled Iron Man, Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah was offered an unfortunately cut scene in 2008.

“It was cool for me, Robert Downey Jr. recognized me straight away. In the scene, we are there, both called Tony, at a party. I'm here telling him 'Yo, I have your jet', and he replies that he has my Bentley. And then I send him the two girls who are in my arms. The scene is cool. Robert Downey Jr. is a really good guy. »

4. The AC/DC rockers inspired director Jon Favreau for a key scene in Iron Man 2.

“I was watching an AC/DC live with my wife and son. When they sang Shoot To Thrill, I thought it was like with this energy that Tony Stark had to introduce Iron Man to the world, appearing out of nowhere and taking off his armor. That's how he does things. »

5. In Iron Man 3, Marvel had fun trolling fans with outrageously long credits.

With the post-credit scene stunt known to all in 2013, the studio extended the credits for ten minutes by throwing in a whole bunch of made-up people like “Gwyneth Waltrow.”

Apparently the idea came from Robert Downey Jr.

6. A recurring character in the MCU since Iron Man, Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) was initially only to appear in two small scenes. No name was given to him in the script.

Faced with the chemistry that emerged between Gregg and Gwyneth Paltrow, director Jon Favreau, however, decided to expand the role.

And that's how he then ended up in the credits of Iron Man 2, Thor, Avengers, Captain Marvel and the Agents of SHIELD series

7. Chris Evan refused to play Captain America, not once, not twice, but three times!

The actor feared becoming a prisoner of the character and his image.

“I remember telling a friend at the time: 'If the film fails, I have it in my bones. If the film works, I have it in the bone.' »

8. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers' to-do list for getting back up to speed varies by country.

In the North American version, we can read I Love Lucy and Steve Jobs. In the British version, the Beatles and Sherlock Holmes. In the French version, Daft Punk and The Fifth Element. And in the Australian version, AC/DC and Steve Irwin.

9. After the false death of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), it can be read on his tombstone the 17th verse of the 25th chapter of the Book of Ezekiel (“The path of the righteous man…”), this same verse recited by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction.

10. In an opening scene cut from the montage of The Incredible Hulk, the exiled South Pole Bruce Banner could be seen attempting to kill himself by shooting himself in the head, before the Hulk wakes up and smashes the gun in. his hand.

Detail which was not one, at the bend of a plan it was possible to guess Captain America frozen under the ice.

11. As surprising as it may seem, the events depicted in Iron Man 2, Thor and The Incredible Hulk all take place in the same week!

12. Lou Ferrigno, the bodybuilder who played Hulk in the famous TV series of the 70s appears briefly as a bodyguard in the Hulk of 2008… but also in the Hulk of 2003 directed by Ang Lee.

Among the men trying to lift Thor's hammer in the franchise's first film is Michael Straczynski, one of the comic's main writers.

13. Thor could have been played by James Bond! In 2008, Daniel Craig was approached by Marvel to date the God of Thunder. Craig turned down the offer, however, believing he already had plenty to do with 007.

14. First seen briefly in 2011's Thor in Odin's Vault, the Infinity Gauntlet was a right-hand glove, while Thanos wears his on his left hand throughout the saga.

Like what, Hela was right to throw it on the ground.

15. Marvel has formalized Loki as a “non-binary” character, a term that designates those who identify neither exclusively with the female gender nor exclusively with the male gender.

This orientation does not fall from nowhere, since from 1994 in the comic, his father Odin speaks of him in these terms: “My son and my daughter, and my child who is both”.

16. Before donning the Hawkeye costume, Jermy Renner practiced archery with Olympic athletes.

“They gave me some lessons. I learned the basics, the positions to hold. It really helped me. »

A few hours of additional training would not have been superfluous, however, if we are to believe WIRED, where we can read that "from the point of view of a professional archer, with his Haweye technique, he would not even be able to hit the Tony Stark's house.

17. In the post-credits scene of the first Avengers, if only Chris Evans is not seen eating shawarma it is because he had to put on the Captain America costume even though he had left the set several weeks before. .

Problem: he had meanwhile let his beard grow for the film Snowpiercer that he was shooting at the same time.

To hide this new hairiness, he wears a prosthesis around his jaw and hides his mouth with his hand. Impossible for him to chew so.

18. Vin Diesel has a Guardians of the Galaxy script that details Groot's dialogue.

Voice over for Rocket's best mate, if he's heard repeating "My name is Groot" over and over regardless of the context, his sentences actually make sense: director James Gunn had him print a “Groot version”.

19. Jason Momoa (Kahl Drago on Game of Thrones, Auquaman on DC) refused to play Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy.

“It wasn't that it was a bad role, but I want my kids to see their dad happy. I spent four years on Stargate: Atlantis playing a similar character, a not-so-talkative alien who was always bitching. »

20. Another prominent Justice League member who narrowly missed being part of the MCU was Gal Gado, who years before Wonder Woman tried to land the role of Nebula.

21. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn named Peter Quill's spaceship the Milano in honor of actress Alyssa Milano, whom he had a crush on in the 80s when she played a teenager in the television series Madam is served.

22. If in the Guardians of the Galaxy post-credit scene James Gunn brought up Howard the Duck, it's simply because he's his favorite Marvel character.

“When I was a child I bought all his comics without exception. I didn't miss a single one. »

A very little known detail, Howard the Duck can also be seen during the final battle of Endgame – be careful, it goes very quickly.

23. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, twins Wanda and Pietro Maximoff (Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver) are never referred to as mutants, despite their powers.

Owner of the X-Men franchise, 20th Century Fox has legally banned the use of the term.

24. Ace of the handlebars, in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow drives in Ultron an electric Harley-Davidson, the Live Wire, while in her stand alone movie she drives a Spitfire from the British brand Clews Competition Machinery (CCM).

Note that Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider also drove a CCM.

25. Initially, it was not Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) who was to join the Avengers as the main superheroine, but the Wasp (The Wasp in VO).

26. In Ant-Man, when the villainous Darren Cross transforms into Yellowjacket, the lasers he sends out replicate the sound of the firing from The Empire Strikes Back's imperial quadrupeds, the AT-ATs (Armored Transport All Terrain).

No legal hassle here since Disney owns the rights to Star Wars and Marvel.

27. In Ant-Man, young Laurence Fishburne is played by her son, Langston Fishburne. It's always saving money rather than abusing the de-aging technique.

28. Unique in the MCU: Benedict Cumberbatch is the one and only actor to play the hero and the big bad in a movie. Indeed in Doctor Strange, in addition to embodying the very mystical Stephen Strange, he also lends his voice to the terrible Dormammu.

29. In the 90s, Wesley Snipes tried to put together a Black Panther movie with John Singleton directing.

The project did not materialize due partly to Snipes' insistence that the action take place on the African continent, and partly to the reluctance of Columbia Pictures to title the film as such, the studio fearing audiences would mistake the film for a Black Panther Party documentary.

The very first time Wakanda is mentioned was in 2010, eight years before Black Panther, when in Iron Man 2 Nick Fury unfolds a map.

30. In Black Panther, the language in which the characters from Wakanda speak was absolutely not invented: it is Xhosa, a South African language. It has just over 8 million speakers (18% of the population) and is one of the country's official languages.

31. Black Panther's war rhinos are neither real rhinos nor CGI, but horses fitted with prostheses.

Please note, this is a very special breed of horse, the Clydesdales, draft horses of Scottish origin known for their extremely imposing size.

32. Composed largely by the Top Dawg Entertainment crew (Kendrick, Schoolboy, Ab-Soul, SZA & Co. appear on half of the 14 tracks), the Black Panther soundtrack was a hit on the charts, ranking two weeks in a row to the first position, an extremely rare performance for a soundtrack.

33. Tom Holland learned he landed the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man on Instagram.

After several months of testing, the young actor came across a post from the official Marvel account announcing that he was the big winner. Stunned, he receives a phone call shortly after from Kevin Feige, the big boss, who explains to him that no one had thought to warn him in advance.

34. Tom Holland asked the production that the Spider-Man costume be equipped with a fly, which he was refused.

Not necessarily happy to have to completely remove this second skin at each toilet break, he was however dismissed, the risk of false connections and other embarrassing shots was too great.

35. In Spider-Man: Far From Home, during the flight between the United States and Europe, Peter Parker is looking for a movie to watch to pass the time.

Judging by the titles on offer, it turns out the MCU world is as obsessed with superheroes as ours: The Snap, Finding Wakanda, Hunting Hydra, and Heart of Iron: The Tony Stark Story.

36. To stick to the atmosphere of the film which takes place in 1995, the official website of Captain Marvel is designated according to the canons of the time.

Rest assured, however, the page loading time is not the same as in the 90's.

37. Brie Larson is allergic to Goose, the alien cat that blinded Nick Fury.

“Even though I took medication every day, nothing worked. Even though I did the craziest stunts, the cat was too much for me. »

So when facing the camera Goose is seen near her, it is actually a stuffed cat.

38. Stan Lee's most meta cameo is most certainly the one in Captain Marvel where he is seen reading the script of Malrats, a film directed in 1995 by Kevin Smith… and in which he was already performing a cameo.

39. If during his lifetime Stan Lee appeared in absolutely all MCU films, as well as in absolutely all adaptations of his works (including video games and cartoons), it is because of a clause that he has included in all its contracts.

40. Thanks to his last appearance in Avengers: Endgame, Robert Downey Jr. officially became the actor who played the same superhero on screen the most times, with 11 appearances in total in Iron Man, ahead of Hugh Jackman (10 appearances as Wolverine).

Even more impressive, Downey achieved this performance in just 11 years compared to 17 years for Jackman.

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