MCU actors’ audition tapes

Marvel actors didn't all got the roles of their dreams, but I think we can agree that they did get the ones that best fit them! Sarah Finn is a genius!!!

[@suhailak7320]

Marvel- You are loki Tom Hiddleston- but I want to be thor! Marvel- that's exactly why you're perfect for this role.

[@sirrey6124]

Yap 🤣

[@ArunaKamble.]

When you look at this Way , this theory is pretty good

[@ayushmanchoudhary5699]

Excellent 😂

[@haikalkimi4273]

nice haha

[@remtromol]

yeah LMAO probably there's no casting for loki.

[@rubyrock555]

Instead of just rejecting those who failed the auditions, she actually thought ahead and pictured them as other characters that would be introduced down the line. pure genius

[@donmichael2932]

😮

[@ItsGamingFancy]

She's saying all of this in retrospect. But maybe

[@Briana-hd9mk]

I agree! I love that she thought you don't fit this but this is better! Left room for them to grow and still feel they can do something special in another role. What a joy and honor it must of been for alll of them to be cast by her. Thats awesome. She must be a legend, super cool. Marvel Royalty i'd say.

[@michestella]

She had already seem them, so she asked them to come back based on what she remembered.

[@ultimateslugs]

fax

[@rwlcrz]

Sebastian: "Who the hell is Bucky?" Marvel: "You're hired!"

[@donmichael2932]

🤣

[@Reni.ba.ca.lles.]

666

[@Mr_Jingles111]

this is getting better lol

[@blah__]

LMAO

[@nicoleo7332]

Marvel: we think you would be good at playing loki Tom: who's loki? Marvel: We cant tell you Tom: TELL MEEEEE Marvel: your hired

[@blessen444]

"What is your name?" "My name is Chris" "You are hired." Simplest casting ever

[@YasonYou]

Also Tom. And Benedict. I'm sure there's more that I am missing off the top of my head.

[@anwen6737]

Along with Paul and Anthony

[@muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252]

@@YasonYou chadwick

[@SunyiSideUp]

@Chris Burr No, there are multiple Pauls and Anthonys too.

[@SunyiSideUp]

@Chris Burr So, the joke is there are multiple people named Chris who Marvel hired. Then someone added Tom (Hiddleston, Holland) and Benedict (Cumberbatch, Wong). The person who added Paul (Rudd, Bettany) and Anthony (Mackie, Russo) understood the assignment and did it correctly.

[@randoml97]

I swear this woman is why the MCU is as big as it is. There's casting and then there is this, these people made these characters and therefore these movies and she put them there to do it.

[@silverjaguar6744]

@@Popcorn-ch7uy no one knew of iron man, yet now he is one of the most famous. Same for the likes of Hawkeye, Doctor Strange, Black Widow etc.

[@egendary6811]

@@Popcorn-ch7uy they were established but they were not mainstream. Not that many ppl read comics today so nobody cared abt lesser known superheroes. And these actors just brought the characters to life

[@gwen7819]

fr! the cast is really a perfect fit!

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

@@Popcorn-ch7uy It's called adaptation.

[@raofabdullah]

imagine the research she has to make. oh my

[@GunsuhanAytac]

he played him like a king.

[@coffeeinagraymug]

Because he was a king

[@elizebethbergins232]

Imma r/woooosh myself Now tell me who is he

[@ms.rqmanoff1706]

@@elizebethbergins232 Chadwick Boseman!

[@ReyaRen]

@@elizebethbergins232 black Panther

[@themarvelpotato519]

Because he is one in character and out of character

[@TheCarebear2001]

I swear, Chadwick was born as a king. He was so regal in everything that he did. 💔

[@daywalker3735]

Right his audition as Drax was so amazing and powerful.....so powerful they said "no man....you're gonna be playing something bigger...."

[@thecultleadersthoughts2519]

Opinion

[@KidAstronaut]

😭😭😭😭

[@notimetothink6786]

Yes! Can't wait to see him in Black Panther 2

[@daywalker3735]

@@notimetothink6786 his ghost will make a cameo

[@GalaxyGrace05]

They hired the BEST casting director I mean can you imagine any of these characters played by someone else

[@kvin9210]

Sarah Finn is an absolute legend in Hollywood as a casting director. Many movie studios dream of having a casting director like her.

[@olivia.mcdonald]

Absolutely. She’s incredible

[@Mayan2]

Yes actually, I can see Leo DiCaprio playing any of these roles. Easy.

[@mrhimo2100]

@@Mayan2 You're missing the point, it's not that other actors can't play the characters from MCU. The thing is it's hard to find actors that suits the character they're playing with all the looks, presence and charisma for each different character. Note that my favorite actor is Leo but still I'm absolutely satisfied with cast so far

[@dawae2162]

@@mrhimo2100 for me its just for RDJ. I could imagine harvey dent from the dark knight playing as captain america. The main character from tenet to play as black panther etc. Idk personally I think chris evans didnt fit much as captain america. He has kinda cocky and self centric personality face rather than dignity as a soldier. Edit: if you watch knives out you can see what I mean with chris evans. I think he fits better as self centric person like in this movie

[@follower8815]

Marvels casting is perfect. Take mobius for example, Owen Wilson was PERFECT for that role

[@Burningballs2307]

Wow

[@ndnd6238]

LOL

[@miguelortiz8350]

I was thinking the same thing. Id never have picked him but im really happy to be wrong.

[@waltersimmons9512]

Wow

[@getsuga4655]

wow

[@gayandeuropean00]

Tom Holland was so little and young, look at him, adorable

[@nunu1905_]

omg, yess 😭

[@ZirahPastel]

Yes

[@TheoCynical]

Wow, he's so small! Glad he thought to wear a suit to stand out a little.

[@shealupkes]

the best actor for iron lad, perfect casting

[@yasminkhan7210]

Very cool! Robert Downey Jr was destined to play Tony Stark/IronMan

[@Leodog92]

Wasn't Tony Stark the guy who auditioned to play Robert Downey Jr🤔

[@GalaxyGrace05]

@@Leodog92 I think so!

[@addison4995]

@@Leodog92 Yes.

[@LuzMaria95]

@@Leodog92 exactly 💯

[@mattlow51]

Crazy that he only got the role because Tom Cruise turned it down

[@elfdream2007]

Fun fact. When Sebastian came to America he thought about changing his name in order to fit in...to Christopher. We'd have four of them....good thing he changed his mind. :)

[@Kunaaaaallll]

Where is he from? I always thought he's American..

[@Vampwars]

@@Kunaaaaallll, me, too. For the longest time. Ever since I first saw him in “The Covenant”, I thought he was American but no. Sebastian Stan was born in Romania.

[@definitelynotcaptainamerica]

@@Kunaaaaallll Technically he's American-Romanian, since American isn't a race

[@davidm4566]

The What If...? Show should put his name as Christopher Stan just to go with it.

[@davidm4566]

@@definitelynotcaptainamerica technically he's just Romanian since like you said American isn't a race lol. He's an American citizen though, I think.

[@julietsebastian2832]

The way they call Chadwick a King. His royalty and regalness. Just perfect.

[@davidm4566]

His regality and humility was through Jesus...and he would have been the first to admit it!

[@humanbean1800]

@@davidm4566 who asked

[@Leodog92]

@@humanbean1800 Ikr wtf 😒

[@storietellermusic]

@@Leodog92Chadwick was a devout Christian. Why don’t you take it up with him.

[@stalematesibling]

In Lord Feige we trust. In Lady Finn we bow down.

[@JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex]

They are the greatest power duo in Hollywood

[@rishiparashar6868]

you bow down..... In her?

[@youtubethefirst4003]

@@rishiparashar6868 : O

[@Leodog92]

@@rishiparashar6868 SOMEBODY STOP HIM🎭

[@ejiebucag2994]

Marvel: Why should we hire you? Dave Bautista: I can stand so incredibly still. Marvel: You’re hired!

[@Otinashi]

Half of the castings were "well you're not the best fit for this role, however you would be perfect as this other really important character" and that's amazing

[@adamazri928]

Chadwick Boseman auditioned for Drax: "He played it like a King" = ended up playing Black Panther 2 years later. Tom Hiddleston auditioned for Thor. Ended up playing Loki. Karen Gillan auditioned for Sharon Carter. Ended up playing Nebula. Sebastian Stan auditioned for Steve Rogers but "there was darkness in him" so he ended up playing Bucky. Sarah is probably one of the best GOAT in Hollywood. Period.

[@un--known4149]

Chris Pratt auditioned for Steve🤣🤣

[@Red-pr8zd]

@@un--known4149 whose sieve?

[@yorkielover2676]

@@Red-pr8zd lmao I think they meant Steve. So captain America

[@un--known4149]

@@Red-pr8zd @Yorkie Lover26 was right I meant Steve🤣🤣

[@Llamallama7282]

Wouldn’t tom hiddleston have to go blond for thor like....blond tom 😳

[@kpoprubix9812]

Omg I'm so glad they didn't choose Tom Hiddleston to play Thor. He's the best loki!!!!!!

[@lilymurphy2761]

my thought exactly! he has the perfect smile to play a villian!

[@Thor.wxrthy]

And Chris is the best Thor. No one can replace him.

[@tajhxo7015]

I cannot BELIEVE King T’Challa auditioned for Drax.

[@Azire]

Sarah Finn doesn't get enough credits. No one believed in a lot of those choices when they were first announced... casting is so important, it made a lot of the characters.

[@defaltmarkowicz527]

I feel like Tom Hiddleston was supposed to be Thor but the TVA stepped in

[@LPSKYWKR]

I still want to see a Tom Hiddleston variant Thor in the mcu, they could come from a universe where it’s ALL alternate casting and we get like Tom cruise iron man, Chris Pratt captain America, Emily blunt as black widow ect. Ect.

[@Profile__1]

Imagine going for Drax, getting rejected, but then instead getting your own entire movie dedicated to your character, which is literally a king over an entire prospering land of some of the most futuristic technology and science. Like damn, talk about failing successfully.

[@MaryonCarter]

Sarah Finn is a genius 😭✨

[@stellar_7]

Absolutely true

[@IronElephantProductions]

The MCU would not be the same without her. She did an amazing job casting our heroes.

[@marcovi2806]

She’s so underrated

[@DenvaProbablyDraws]

Oh man! It’s so fun to see these actor’s auditions, it’s like seeing a whole new side of them as they’re just figuring out how to find these characters.

[@niedermitderjagd1968]

If you look closely you can even see which ones had figured it out and which ones were on the way. Like Chadwick, he was auditioning for drax but was already the king of wakanda. ;-D

[@samanthab1923]

I want to see all the others who tried out.

[@aevengerr]

i love how she didn’t just say you don’t get the role, no she looked for them to have another role where they can shine

[@janeaa4666]

She probably did to a bunch of others

[@Leodog92]

Love your pfp😭

[@aevengerr]

@@Leodog92 tysm

[@snowrider9018]

To think that they’ve had Holland, Chadwick, Gillan, and Pratt just waiting to be a character in the MCU for years! It makes me think about what other actors are they savoring for the future?

[@jaegerkarina]

why holland? didnt he only audition for spidey?

[@Leodog92]

Charlie Day as Deadpool I'm joking. I'm joking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Faerandur]

John Krasinski auditioned for Steve Rogers. I've seen many youtubers say he's already set to be Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) in the Fantastic Four MCU version!

[@yayothejowen2541]

Imagine if they actually went with Chris Pratt as Captain America. I feel like he'd be a bit more comedic and expressive with his face lmao. That would be an entirely different universe.

[@HOSTLESS]

after what sylvie and loki did that might just happen xD

[@adnanahmad101]

@@HOSTLESS sylve did, not loki

[@woomeebly]

Dont rule it out though.....we have a whole multiverse of what ifs...

[@mickeybear2972]

Whoa... could you imagine a parallel universe where everyone played the character they auditioned for. 😳 it just wouldn’t be the same.

[@cripplingdepression213]

@@mickeybear2972 that's gotta be wild for sure

[@lowkeyabi]

Sarah Finn is an absolute genius. I had no idea so many MCU actors went out for other roles, only to end up with something else. Her ability to look at the actors and see them outside the context of the role they’re currently auditioning for is amazing

[@brooklynphillips9514]

“He played him like a king” wow, that made me emotional.

[@awesomemuscleman1153]

Get over it

[@L16htW4rr10r]

@Brooklyn Same. He was born to become a king (albeit in movie, but still)

[@jojozahau]

Tony Stark will always be the most legendary thing Marvel even did.

[@Popcorn-ch7uy]

Only if you mean the MCU.

[@finaltouchpro648]

T'Challa is a close 2nd imo

[@Leodog92]

@@finaltouchpro648 I love Chadwick's casting as BP😭Just sad he was taken from us! WHY HIM GOD? WHY HIM?!!

[@iamgroot2810]

Sebastian Stan and Tom Hiddleston too for me

[@danielthedreamer]

In some alternate universe, Chris Pratt is Steve Rogers, Tom Hiddleston is Thor, and Sam Rockwell is Tony Stark.

[@E-D]

We could see that now that there's a multiverse!

[@samanthab1923]

Well then at least we could have had that Hiddleston/Rockwell dance off

[@defaltmarkowicz527]

The TVA destroyed that universe

[@danielthedreamer]

@@defaltmarkowicz527 But Sylvie brought it back ;)

[@michelleerika673]

Sam Rockwell as Iron Man would be a truly chaotic evil universe

[@carterego5443]

3:41 Chadwick came in and auditioned for Drax, but he played him like a *KING* 😭🔥 R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman.

[@lilathedumb22]

Chadwick auditioned for Drax?!

[@disneygirl4life675]

All the characters were perfectly cast

[@clairerafauli1091]

*Sebastian stan auditioning for Captain America* Casting director: “you got the role of Bucky Barnes!!” Sebastian: “who the hell is Bucky?” Casting director: “perfect”

[@LeAlejx]

Man she's the Goat The absolute best casting director period Not a single bad casting in over 20 movies, amazing

[@benedictyugaraj]

Ehhhhh brie larson

[@sarcasm8007]

There was one... We don't talk about it though.

[@Cesarander]

@@benedictyugaraj 🙄 stay mad

[@jamssy3409]

@@benedictyugaraj it was probably writing. But damn, Captain Marvel was so obnoxious

[@davidm4566]

@@jamssy3409 nah, I don't think it was the writing or the directing, because Samuel L. Jackson was great in Captain Marvel. He stole the show and made it fairly tolerable.

[@Datboi-qq4de]

If only i could witness Dave bautista auditioning for the role of spiderman

[@Abuvsaid]

He would be a great miles morales😂

[@nicotipro2]

@@Abuvsaid i'd see him as a new version of uncle ben ,the uncle ben that killed the thief xD

[@jamssy3409]

Oh just a normal teenage boy.. 😂

[@doomsday3659]

I absolutely love Sarah Halley Finn’s method for casting: the actors audition for a certain role and if she likes how they acted the character, she would cast them as that character; but if she feels like the way they acted the character didn’t meet the standard, she doesn’t reject them, she instead pictures them as someone else and casts them as a completely different Marvel character; so that way everyone’s a winner.

[@aishaa1590]

sarah is a BOSS she has great vision

[@Microplasma]

Yeah she has a great paul bettany .

[@macattack423]

Seeing Pratt read cap lines vs star lord lines shows the genius of Sarah’s eye. I’m sure most of the actors that she sees audition are talented, but she knows how to direct and maximize those abilities.

[@eyrelobo6390]

Wish there were more of Sebastian Stans audition...but I'll take it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@lavpot11040425]

i'm so happy Chadwick wasn't cast as Drax. His audition alone tells you he's a titular character and not just one of the cast. Marvel first hit the jackpot the moment they hired Sarah Finn as a Casting Director.

[@mariam501]

Hemsworth was instantly Thor

[@ziana9513]

Kudos to Sarah Finn for casting the *perfect* actors and actresses. Marvel wouldn't be the same if they casted the wrong people.

[@KamiSamaisPissed]

It's like watching a bunch of strangers from different places coming together and eventually becoming like a family ❤️😭 so beautiful

[@danieliop]

The day Sarah is no longer casting for the MCU is the day that the MCU dies. Unless she has an apprentice of sorts.

[@rishiparashar6868]

or unless someone who is also good comes along. then i think mcu may live.

[@rishiparashar6868]

or unless she casts a new casting director...

[@rishiparashar6868]

or unless someone really bad comes along who casts all the wrong people, but the actors really grow into better actors and earn their casting, then i think mcu may live.

[@rishiparashar6868]

or unless someone really bad comes along who casts all the wrong people and they are just ok actors but not suited for the roles but the directors are really smart and knows how to make the best of what they were given, then i think mcu may live.

[@rishiparashar6868]

or unless they get a bad casting director, bad actors, bad directors, but somehow the films get lucky like michael bay movies, then i think mcu may live.

[@TheAliAzhar]

Tom Hiddleston is the best thing ever happened to Marvel. Loki is on fire these days.

[@varun7375]

Yeh, his Acting the Loki series was purely mindblowing 👌👌🙏

[@iamgroot2810]

RDJ and Sebastian Stan too

[@dragonbane001]

Nick Fury: I assembled the Avengers. Immortus: I sorted all of time & multiverse. Sarah Finn: Cute, back to work everyone.

[@smrttgrl]

We have the MCU because of Sarah Finn

[@Milymorales461]

Marvel- you're the perfect Bucky... Sebastian- who the hell is Bucky??. Marvel- Gorgeous!

[@artisticbunny3987]

Where’s Benedict Cumberbatch for Dr Strange? This barely put him with anyone.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Fans cast him.

[@Leodog92]

@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom I cast him

[@myfartstinks]

The mcu practically begged benedict to join because he looked just like Dr strange in the comics that’s what i heard at least

[@michaelfernando5672]

I heard that MCU looked for him, but he turned down as he was busy with another project at that time. MCU even had to postpone the filming of Dr. Strange just to wait for him to finish the other project.

[@DOI_ARTS]

He didn't audition, Marvel wants him so bad they adjust their filming schedule for him so he can be hired as Dr. Strange.

[@Jacob-kt1hp]

Tom as Loki was a perfect choice

[@stevechurch4728]

a "cherubic beauty but able to portray a darkness within" Nebula to a T.

[@kmollyluck]

3:48 “he played him like a king” ugh i love that

[@novalyosertianbarbakem8521]

i'd like to see jake gyllenhaal audition for dr. strange

[@bunnywolf7750]

When I thought I couldn’t love Marvel more

[@thefandomqueen88]

Sarah is an absolute genius. I genuinely couldn’t imagine anyone else other than these actors in their roles.

[@kashnimago2096]

Anyone else thinks Tom looks so so hot in messed up hair? I like that messy hair so much.

[@kontsakeisari]

yup 😍

[@SushanthSD]

Bully Maguire's gonna put some dirt in your eye's 😂

[@akila527]

That’s his natural hair he’s a curly blonde lol

[@zitronentee]

Search : Tom Hiddleston's Suburban Shootout

[@akila527]

@@zitronentee my eyes have been blessed thank you

[@corporalanonymous4589]

Sarah be like: oh there's darkness in you! So you're gonna be a villain! But a good one!

[@frankiehands]

She has knocked it out of the park with casting.

[@Vor567tez]

Sarah Finn is so amazing. It is fascinating to me how she is able to see the unseen side these actors and able to perfectly cast them when noone else believes her. She really can feel what others don't . Not only that she has such a good understanding of characters. She is just incredible. 👏👏

[@TheAnonfan]

Imagine Chris Pratt as Cap and Chris Evans as Starlord😂

[@Toidal]

My god, Chris Hemsworth is so lanky in his audition.

[@chachwa9970]

He kinda looked like life according to jimmy

[@rmusic08]

I'm guessing this was around when he did cabin in the woods, which he was definitely jock-ish but nowhere near thor level

[@Altmetalpunk]

Her ability to find people who are up and comers or virtual unknowns and turn them into household names is incredible.

[@THGForever1]

"...And he came in like a King." And that is how he did and forever will be. R.I.P. Chadwick we truly miss you.

[@keysburntgucci9016]

Chadwick outdid himself.

[@frankgodfist1079]

Changing Tom hiddleston to loki was pure genius

[@officialmattmedia]

Sarah Finn is the unsung hero of the MCU

[@IronElephantProductions]

3:59 This makes that picture of Chris Pratt walking by his son in a captain america costume for halloween 100x funnier 😆 Anyways good for Chris Pratt, because he will always be Star Lord.

[@GipsyD29]

When she said Chadwick was auditioning as Drax i thought "...that's not right." 🤣

[@abeeshaw]

Tom Hiddleston / Loki ❤️💚

[@words007]

Can we all appreciate the casting director's vision she had for characters the actors weren't auditioning for? If it wasn't for her we might not have seen LOKI, BUCKY, NEBULA, BLACK PANTHER and STAR LORD as who they are right now because they took the liberty to perfectly castint them for other roles that they weren't aiming for at the time but knew they will be in future.

[@sararoberts2973]

Tom IS Loki!!! He needs his own Mask spin off!

[@samash7302]

Bruh…Her casting choices are 💯

[@MrSharkBait561]

I like that they're like, "we're not gonna give you this role but we'll give you an even better one"

[@jawadunnoor803]

The one who decide to make tom loki instead of thor is a legend

[@JOVAHK11N]

I was today years old when I found out Karen Gillan was Nebula.

[@dakyntiewswer9991]

Most of them had audition for something else but got a really different role that really fits them.she really does have a good vision for the mcu

[@JasonToddsWife]

Tom looked so damn adorable with that hair wtf?!?

[@thatneli]

Im so glad this actors got to play the characters we all love and care about .

[@hardikmarvelous3725]

After watching the loki finale, you just can't replace tom hiddleston as loki

[@sarahmeidilina7998]

Her reasons to cast RDJ, Tom Holland, Chadwick and Sebastian Stan are mind blowing!

[@davidmichael9624]

MCU’s casting really is borderline magical and constantly impresses the hell out of me. Not just for all the main characters even but for tons and tons of excellent supporting ones as well.

[@ronaldulysseswizards1161]

I admire, respect, and envy Sarah Finn with all my heart. She has done so much to bring these characters to life so beautifully. Excelsior!

[@cosmicriptid]

Casting is the one thing the MCU does CONSISTANLY right

[@misti-step]

omg chris hemsworth was soo small lmao

[@Thebraveandthebold2130]

Sarah Finn,I'm grateful,ever grateful to you for giving us these legends 🔥

[@nandaaria5581]

Thanks to you, Sarah! You're such a jenius to finding the right man into the character! They just being themselves in those characters 😭🥲 perfectly bonds

[@davidm4566]

Theybtotally need to do a What If...? episode with Tom Hiddleson playing Thor, Chris Pratt playing Captain America, etc. Just have fun with it and get all the actors to play the parts they originally auditioned for.

[@maleficentdevil0404]

People who have gotta this guys, are the bestttt people ever existing!!! Cuz you absolutely made the bestttt.

[@klaussapplesauce8136]

Thank you sarah for making mcu better and better

[@21.mehuliroy62]

2:43 Well We can see Tom trying to hold back his laughter From here to being a forgotten superhero at the end of No way home.. The journey looks incredible

[@ohaubert]

chris hemsworth looking thin

[@emma-cp2oe]

I love how so many of the actors auditioned for someone else but then they got into another big or bigger role

[@JusticeForHire]

Love what Sarah says about choosing the actors that embody joy for the character.

[@kristenhenryking]

This was so beautiful to see. What a gift to be able to see the potential for a character in an actor and have them become the role the way the writer embodies it and beyond.

[@sadakopilled]

i miss when marvel hired actors that break-through/are not famous and they choosed actors based on how great the acting is & how much they fit the character. i mean look at christ hemsworth & tom hiddleston, they literally had shady articles released about them of how unknown they are but look at them today, literally one of the best performamces in the mcu and the same can be said about many more pre-phase 4 characters. whereas nowadays it's all about trying to bring in the entire classic hollywood or straight up nepo babies/industry plants into the franchise. sure actors like owen wilson or angelina jolie pulled it off well but the switch up on cassie's actress sums it up perfectly on how annoying & unfair the casting choices are today.

[@trenchrock]

RIP Chadwick 🙏💓

[@zeel4840]

Perfectly cast! What an amazing choice!

[@Briana-hd9mk]

This was awesome. I've never seen some of these, I love watching their audition tapes it's like homework for me. Lol. That casting director is amazing I love one that can see "YOU" and still feel you are a good choice even if not for one role. Marvel Royalty she is! Great job she's done. Love every cast member especially that spiderman. 😋❣