Mark Ruffalo – Two-Face To Hulk!

Mark Ruffalo plays our very favorite Bruce Banner, aka Hulk, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hardly anyone has got problem with his incarnation of the character today. But he, once, was close to play a DC supervillain in The Dark Knight – Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face. Well, Nolan’s Harvey wasn’t a true villain – it was an ill-fated character which is a better set of word to coin. In an interview back in 2010, here’s what Ruffalo said (via ComicBookMovie):

“I met for [‘The Dark Knight’], for Harvey Dent. I wouldn’t say it was a great film, It’s a pretty great film, but if it’s ‘The Godfather’ [versus] ‘The Dark Knight’ … there are few great films. They’re great because they’re great, you know?”

Robert Downey Jr. – Lex Luthor To Iron Man!

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark has impressed us to such a level that we cannot imagine someone else as the face of the Marvel superhero. And you might as well recall his ‘F*CK DC’ statement. So, RDJ in a DC movie role is a something real weird to imagine.

But even before he made that comment and even before he played Iron Man, he was close to play a DC supervillain! He couldn’t play the character because the film was never made! He was cast as Lex Luthor in McG’s abandoned Superman: Flyby! Here’s what the director said about it (via SuperHeroHype):

“We had Robert Downey Jr. locked up to be Lex Luthor, which I think would have been extraordinary… While we’ve heard no shortage of superhero movie casting over the years, the idea of a then-low-key Downey Jr. as Lex Luthor is enough to make us wonder a whole score of what-if fantasies, particularly considering his own subsequent ascension to the top of the A-List following ‘Iron Man’.”

Which of these ALMOSTs should have happened according to you? Do share via comments!