5 Actors You Didn’t Realize Were In The MCU

Marvel

Apr 28

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is constantly growing and has been for decades. Thanks to its massive reach, it is easy to miss actors who played small roles or appeared in the MCU before getting their big break in Hollywood, not to mention all of the actors that are missed due to providing their voice rather than their actual person. We have already taken a look at actors that should appear in future MCU projects, so now let’s take a look at 5 actors that you forgot were in the MCU.

5. Zachary Levi

Most fans know him as Shazam in the DC films of the same name, Chuck Bartowski in the TV series Chuck, or as Flynn Rider in Disney’s Tangled and Rapunzle’s Tangled Adventure. What fans might not realize is that in 2013 Levi stepped into the role of Fandral in Thor: The Dark World after Josh Dallas left the role. Levi would reprise this role in 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. Thanks to the actors having similar bone structures and fantastic costuming, the change went almost completely unnoticed by fans!

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4. Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega has been acting for years but she broke onto the screen as a modern-day scream queen with her roles in Scream (2022), X, Wednesday, and Scream VI. Since she was not known to many at the time, you may have missed her role in 2013’s Iron Man 3 where she played the Vice President’s Daughter. She was on screen for less than a minute, so it made it easy to miss her at the time. I am hoping that she will get a chance to take on a larger role in future MCU projects!

3. Natalie Dormer

Many know Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors or Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones, but most fans missed her as Private Lorraine in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger. While her role was more significant than most of the others on this list, it is mostly forgotten that she was the woman trying to get between Steve Rogers and Agent Peggy Carter. With the multiverse ever-growing and changing, it would be interesting to see Dormer’s character return, maybe in a Captain Carter project.

2. Lance Reddick

Lance Reddick had a legendary career, and I have a feeling there are many more lists like this one that he could appear on. Unless you are a fan of Marvel Studio’s animated content then you probably didn’t know that Reddick voiced Sam Wilson AKA The Falcon in The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes animated series that ran from 2010-2012. It would have been amazing to see him play a more substantial role in later MCU projects.

1. Nathan Fillion

Most people know Nathan Fillion for voicing fan-favorite Cayde-6 in Destiny, his portrayal of Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds on Firefly, or his role as Richard Castle on Castle. What many fans may not realize is that he voiced an unnamed alien in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy. There was also a petition for him to portray Wonder Man in the MCU, and after filming his character’s scenes for 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, they were all cut from the film. Hopefully, we will eventually get to see Fillion’s, Wonder Man!

Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 are available to stream on Disney+.

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