15 Times Marvel Recycled Their Actors

When it comes to the casting process, no one does it better than Marvel Studios. They literally couldn’t have gotten a better actor to portray Iron Man since Robert Downey Jr. is literally the real life Iron Man, minus the suit and genius IQ. They actually didn’t even want him at first, but while there are some actors Marvel doesn’t like - we’re looking at you Edward Norton! - there are some actors they absolutely love. In fact, they love some actors so much that they’ve been cast to play multiple roles in Marvel movies, so without further ado, let’s take a look at the actors Marvel loves to recycle.

How could we talk about actors playing multiple roles without bringing up Mahershala Ali, the man who’s going to play Blade in the reboot that’ll be a part of the MCU’s Phase 5. If you didn’t know, he also played Cottonmouth on Luke Cage, which you may or may not consider a part of the MCU, but we do. Then, of course, there’s also Gemma Chan, who played Minn-Erva in Captain Marvel. She’ll be playing Sersi is Phase 4’s The Eternals movie that’s going to hit theatres on November 6, 2020.

We’ll get into many more recycled actors than just them so enjoy the video, let us know which actor you were surprised to see play multiple Marvel roles in the comments section below and don’t forget to subscribe to CBR for more MCU videos.