26Luke Cage
Luke’s specific, non-lethal fighting style, on the show Luke Cage, was dubbed “Smack-Fu” by the television series stunt coordinator who developed it.
27. Though X-23 was clearly based on Wolverine, creator Craig Kyle never wanted the character take up the superhero’s name and costume if Logan were to ever die, as she eventually did in 2015’s ongoing “All-New Wolverine” series. Instead, he had hoped she would fill that position while still maintaining her own costume and a name that wouldn’t strip her of her individuality.
28. Half-Chinese actor Lewis Tan was not only on the shortlist of actors considered for the role of Danny Rand In Iron Fist but was actually on hold for the part of until Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones cast. Tan would wind up playing Zhou Cheng in the eighth episode of (Iron Fist) Marvel’s Netflix series.
29. As revealed in the Blu-ray commentary for Deadpool, certain executives at 20th Century Fox were interested in casting New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski as Colossus.
30. The Power Man and Iron Fist comic series was only created because Iron Fist’s solo series has been canceled after 15 issues, and Luke Cage’s solo series was close to being cut as well. Pairing the two heroes together proved immensely popular and the series lasted 11 years until Iron Fist was killed off.
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31Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling was one of Marvel Studios’ top choices to play the title character in Doctor Strange, going as far as to commission concept art of the character based on the actor’s likeness.
32. Among those revealed to be Skrulls in the Marvel Comic event “Secret Invasion” include: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock, Tiger Woods, Steve Jobs, Stephen Colbert, John McCain, Pope Benedict XVI, Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, Osama Bin Laden, and the Dalai Lama.
33. It was discovered after James Gunn wrote the script for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 that Marvel didn’t own the character of Ego, the Living Planet. Instead, the rights belonged to FOX Studios, and James Gunn did not have a backup plan. Fortunately, FOX needed the permission from Marvel Studios to change key details about the Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the Deadpool film, which Marvel happily allowed in exchange for Ego’s character rights.
34. Martellus Bennett, a professional tight end in the NFL, once played through an entire football game with an ankle injury because he had just finished binge-watching Luke Cage on Netflix and thought, “what would Luke Cage do?”
35. There is a “What if” story in which The Punisher’s family was never killed in the park. In this universe, Frank retires from his service in the military, becomes a New York City cop, and is generally happy with his life, but when he starts reporting on police corruption, the precinct captain has his family killed and he becomes the Punisher anyway.
