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Jim Caviezel as Cyclops/Superman
Prior to his almost career-ending role as Jesus in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” Jim Caviezel beat out the likes of Thomas Jane, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson and Jude Law for the role of X-Men team leader, Cyclops. However, due to his involvement in the film “Frequency” at the time, he was forced to back out and the role was given to James Marsden. Ironically, when he later auditioned for the title role in “X-Men” director Bryan Singer’s “Superman Returns,” he was disqualified from the race due to the attention he was getting from his “Passion of the Christ” role.
10 Celebrities Who Almost Played Comic Book Superheroes
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Not really "almost cast", but in Wizard Magazine #7, they listed their own cast for X-Men that skewed a little older:
February 20 2013 at 12:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySchwarzenegger as Colossus
Patrick Stewart (obviously) as Prof. X
Angela Bassett as Storm
And Robert DeNiro as Logan/Wolverine
If Tom Cruise had been Ironman I wouldn\'t have bothered to see it.
February 13 2013 at 12:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI wish they would have got someone real hot to play catwoman, Anne Hathaway is far from hot... She\'s pretty, but not hot!
February 12 2013 at 8:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRobert was the best choice.
February 12 2013 at 6:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhew, good thing. Casting Cruise as Iron Man would have been like casting \"Tattoo\" as The Incredible Hulk.
February 12 2013 at 6:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySooo glad Tom said no! Because if you look at the comic books, Robert Downey Jr IS Iron man. You couldn't get another actor that looks that close to the role he was portraying.
February 12 2013 at 3:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt\'s nice to know that most of the time, cooler, smarter heads prevail in these comic book-to-real life movies. I can\'t imagine behaviorally-challenged Cruise playing a superhero, M/Impossible is as far as he should go. And Cage? Jesus, he was washed up after Gone In 60 Seconds. Where he got the money for all those properties that bankrupted him who knows.
February 12 2013 at 3:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi cant even read this ******* bs cause your ******* ad's are blocking it
February 12 2013 at 3:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was thinking Mighty Mouse.
February 11 2013 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWTF? Tom Cruise a \"Super hero\"? Give me a Break. Maybe Captain Limp wrist
February 10 2013 at 2:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply