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Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. flawlessly played the roles of Black Widow, and Iron Man in the MCU. The actors had fantastic chemistry and they had a dynamic and lively interaction, which made them entertaining to watch. Moreover, their witty and sarcastic comments gave some enjoyable moments in the film, and fans can not imagine different actors playing their iconic roles.
Casting choices tend to get quite subjective, as the filmmakers and producers have different opinions than what their viewers might have. One of these instances is about the $723 million Academy Award nominee film, where fans have watched Sandra Bullock and George Clooney inGravity.However, it was once claimed that Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. were very close to signing for the movie.
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Scarlett Johansson Failed To Bag a Role inGravity
Before the shooting forGravitybegan, the film had to go through a number of road bumps because the casting for the film underwent a lot of changes. Angelina Jolie was interested in the movie, but she dropped out and the filmmakers tested actresses such as Marion Cotillard and Scarlett Johansson.
However, onlyScarlett Johanssonwas shortlisted to play the role of Ryan Stone, the stranded astronaut in the film. Later, the name of Blake Lively started to pop up for the role becoming a competitor of theBlack Widowactress.
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Nevertheless, it was unsure how long the audition process went but none of the two actresses were able to bag the role asThe Blind Sideactress was selected to portray the stranded astronaut in space. Sandra Bullock’s performance was magnificent in the film but fans often question how theDon Jonactress would have portrayed the role of Ryan Stone inGravity.
Robert Downey Jr. Was Not a Fan ofGravity’sCGI
After Robert Downey Jr’s success in the MCU, the actor is in high demand as every filmmaker wanted to work with him and Alfonso Cuarón was also one of those filmmakers. However, in the film, fans saw George Clooney instead of theIron Manactor. While the actor prefers to work in successful films, he missed out on adding another film as he could not bear the working conditions of the film.
TheSherlock Holmesactor was present onThe Howard Stern Showwhere he stated that the 2013 film was extremely tech-heavy and he could not handle working in such annoying conditions.
“I went to do a test with a new sort of multi-spherical camera thing they were [using] for how they were going to do all the CGI. And I’m one of those guys who can be comfortably uncomfortable pretty easily, and maybe I was just on my cycle or something, but I went in the morning to do that, and we did it for about twenty minutes, and I said, ‘This is crazy. How much longer?’ And they said, ‘It’s like another two to four hours,’ and I said, ‘No, it isn’t!'”
Even though the actor is widely renowned forhis role as Tony Stark/ Iron Man in the MCU where he wears the superhero suit and relies heavily on CGI. It turns out that the CGI forGravitywas too much for the actor as it was too troublesome than they were worth, which would have affected his performance. However, whatever happens, happens for good as George Clooney gave an outstanding performance in the film which made it Oscar-worthy.
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Source:Collider
Tushar Auddy
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Tushar Auddy is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, primarily covering WWE. He has contributed to anime, MCU, DCU, animation, and TV Series, giving sharp insights and coming up with his own unique theories, which take the fandom by storm.
