During an interview with New Yorker, The Marvel founder said, “My board thought I was crazy to put the future of the company in the hands of an addict. I helped them realize how great he was for the role. We all believed they were and would remain clean. “Clean.”
Earlier, director Jon Favreau also revealed that Sherlock Holmes The star was previously considered for another Marvel role. Steel man.
“I remember you all already met him on Doctor Doom or some other project” The Mandalorian Creator said THR.
“I think he probably went through like Fantastic Four, so everybody knew who he was,” Favreau added.
The director added after the actor’s audition that things started to change.
“Once it was him, that’s when my life was so much easier because he understood the voice of the character,” Favreau said.
He continued, “And then one by one, people were just signing the board because now it became something interesting.”