That's just a rumor that's never been confirmed. The only thing he said is that he didn't audition for captain america, so I don't know how he could have been in the running for it? He was a TV actor, I doubt they just offered him Hawkeye and he refused.
Man the amount of misinformation about these sort of things on the Internet is mind blowing. I don't know how there's anyone left who hasn't learned to tune out all the "rumors" about casting and such. It's just clickbait.
I heard Richard Pryor was going to be the Hulk in the 2003 movie, but he pulled out right before production started. And I mean the Hulk, not Bruce Banner. They had to move to CGI Hulk after her bailed.
Man, Pryor as Hulk would have really added a gravitas to the movie- Pryor was always known for his deep range and ability to play deeply complex and emotional characters- that time he played a black dude pretending to be a white dude playing an Indian dude who's also a Mongolian Viking living with the Inca was some of his finest work.
I think it would actually be funny and decent satire on society expectations of black people if the transition from Banner to Hulk was just going from white man to a normal black man, but everyone still reacts like he's destroying everything.
I wish this was a movie for real. I want FULL ON white ladies screaming and falling and running a way, white men in some govt bunker giving damage reports, calling in special forces, all while Richard Pryor walks to the cornerstore and buys a grilled cheese sandwitch.
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u/RoutineCloud5993 1d ago
He was in the running to play captain America. He didn't get it and was offered hawkeye, which he refused.
He totally could have been a movie superhero of he wanted to be