Wold War Hulk, you have to cut so much out with no X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Plus so many characters who yet to be introduced, Amadeus Cho, Hercules, Sentry, and so on
Natalie Portman getting cut is the best news ever. She seems ok when acting alone, but anything she has to be the romantic interest of a male lead she always seems wooden and terrible.
She wanted out since midway through 2. She dislikes blockbuster movies. Sheās always about those indie style dramas. I love her as an actress but she was out of her realm (heh) in this series.
So does Hugo Weaving. He stopped doing tentpole movies because he felt they didnāt challenge him as an actor. We may never know where the Red Skull got teleported to.
At least with him you can tell that even though he knew he was only gonna do it once, he was gonna enjoy himself. Thatās the difference. Portman ALWAYS looks miserable doing this shit. Weaving gives his 100% regardless of the material.
We got a totally different actor playing War Machine. I think Marvel will be ok with passing the role on to someone else. Besides, they can just CG the face if need be.
They would not because of likeness rights. If they used Hugo Weavingās face they need Hugo Weavingās permission.
But it would not be too hard to put a red rubber skull mask on someone else.
The reluctance to do so is probably because Hugo Weaving was a professional about only working once and they probably loved the guy and really want to see if they can convince him to return.
Terrance Howard is a jackass that cost himself a lot of money.
He is, but at least with the Hulk, it was a consensus decision for him to leave. Plus heās actually a good enough actor to get consistently hired in SPITE of his jackassery.