9+ Actors Who Were Chosen to Play Roles Thanks to Huge Fan Pressure

Many of us grew up seeing cartoons and reading various books, which allowed us to let our minds go, imagining what these characters would look like in real life, who they might be played by and all that. Still, all we have left is to hope, and try to make some noise on the internet, after all, maybe some important producer will notice and agree. And oddly enough, this has happened a few times.

With that, we awesome.club we’ve gathered 9 actors who won prominent roles thanks to the little push of the fans. And be sure to go to the end, we separate one bonus special for you. Check out!

The Star Wars universe is huge, with many movies, video games, and of course, the cartoons, and it was there that Ahsoka Tano first appeared, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Since then, fans of the saga began to dream about who would play the role in a live-action version and soon many artworks of Rosaria Dawson appeared as the character: “This came from fans on the internet. Someone tweeted and cast me as the character. I retweeted it back and was like, ‘Absolutely yes please’ and ‘#AhsokaLives’. And apparently that got the attention of someone who works with Star Wars.”

The Nick Fury of comic books has changed his appearance over the years, but it was in 2002 that he took on the face of Samuel L. Jackson, thanks to writer Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch. After that, it was hard to dream about this character without imagining Samuel playing him. And contrary to what one might imagine, the actor wasn’t upset or anything like that with his appearance in the comics, and he was even grateful for the long contract.

Ryan Reynolds went through a string of missteps as a hero before he did well as Deadpool. First he was Green Lantern, then Wade Wilson in X-Men, until he became Marvel’s anti-hero. On Twitter, the actor thanked his fans for requests constants: “Pretty consistently from 2013 to 2015, Deadpool would explode on Twitter with fans wanting me to play him. It was weird because I agreed with them, but the studio didn’t see it. Ultimately, the fans won out and the rest is glorious history. I am eternally grateful.”

Mister Fantastic, from the Fantastic Four, has already passed through the hand of some actors like Ioan Gruffudd and Miles Teller. However, none was more requested by the public than John Krasinski, known for his performance in the British version of The Office. Sam Raimi, director of the film, stated that the casting of the actor was because of the fans, because of the frequency he was searched on the internet and the number of articles that cast him as the hero: “The fans dreamed of who Reed would be. Perfect Richards”.

Like Rosaria Dawson, Joe Manganiello was another actor who won the role thanks to art made by a fan. Producers were looking for a Slade Wilson when they came across a digital drawing of the actor as the character: “At the time, Geoff Johns and Ben Affleck were writing the script for Batman. They wanted to introduce Slade at the end of Justice League, Jon Berg Googled Deathstroke, saw the Bosslogic fan art of Joe as Slade.”

It: A Thing was a film divided into two parts with the right to a time jump, that is, in addition to bringing together a good cast, it was still necessary for the participants of the sequel to be similar to the team of the first film. Therefore, fans of the horror production did not take long to ask Jessica Chastain to bring Beverly to life, a role previously played by Sophia Lillis. The buzz was so much with the requests, that Jessica herself admitted wanting to play the role, as she is a huge fan of Stephen King.

It’s hard to imagine other actors playing Doctor Strange in theaters. But Marvel initially wanted Joaquin Phoenix to take on the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme. Still, some fans were already looking for a different path, getting to clearly see Benedict Cumberbatch in the role. And that’s exactly what happened. In addition to the superhero’s solo films, the actor has also participated in the Avengers, a film that brings together the main Marvel heroes.

Even before the internet had all this power, fans already dreamed of certain actors playing their favorite characters and this happened with Professor Charles Xavier, from X-Men. The first was released there in 2000, and before that, the public already wanted Patrick Stewart to take the place of leader of the mutants, and the actor won the role and continues to play it, as in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

One of the most well-known villains in the Marvel world is Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. Vincent D’Onofrio played the character for the first time in Daredevil, produced by Netflix, and the achievement of this role is partly due to the fans who immediately wanted the actor in this role. The reception was so good that he returned to live the King of Crime, this time in the Hawkeye series, made by Marvel and available on Disney+.

The public is not only able to choose actors to play their main characters, but also get an entire film to be re-edited because something was not to the liking of the majority. This happened to Sonic. The first trailer for the film did not go over well with fans, as they found the main character strange and different from the one seen in video games. Therefore, Paramount decided to postpone the premiere and develop a new look, and this one pleased the viewers.

Which one of these did you most like to see on screen? Which actor or actress do you imagine playing your favorite character? Do you disagree with any of them? Tell us in the comments!