1. Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2

Mickey Rourke is in the same category with Edward Norton and was as disturbed by Marvel as Idris Elba. Despite the fact that he made a terrible character out of Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2, the legendary actor had a fierce conflict with Marvel studios.

He really looks like a badass and if the chemistry was right, he could portray a perfect villain. Yet, neither the talent nor the attitude helped.

Here’s what happened, narrated by Rourke via Crave Online:

“[W]hen I did Ivan Vanko in Iron Man, I fought… You know, I explained to Justin Theroux, to the writer, and to [Jon] Favreau, that I wanted to bring some other layers and colors [to the character], not just make this Russian a complete murderous revenging bad guy. And they allowed me to do that. Unfortunately, the [people] at Marvel just wanted a one-dimensional bad guy, so most of the performance ended up the floor.”

“[It’s] ****ing too bad, but it’s their loss. If they want to make mindless comic book movies, then I don’t want to be a part of that. I don’t want to have to care so much and work so hard, and then fight them for intelligent reasoning, and just because they’re calling the shots they… You know, I didn’t work for three months on the accent and all the adjustments and go to Russia just so I could end up on the floor. Because that can make somebody say at the end of the day, oh **** ‘em, I’m just going to mail it in. But I’m not that kind of guy. I’m never going to mail it in.”