‘Physician Unusual’ Writer Says Jessica Chastain Turned Down A Major Role

Physician Unusual screenwriter C. Robert Cargill shared on a latest podcast that Jessica Chastain turned down a significant position.

Because the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues, the extra A-list expertise Marvel Studios collects like Infinity Stones. The primary Physician Unusual movie had one of many strongest casts for a solo movie with Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, and others in supporting roles.

Earlier than enjoying Vuk in Darkish Phoenix, Jessica Chastain was nonetheless holding out for the correct position in a Marvel film. Physician Unusual author C. Robert Cargill revealed on the Junkfood Cinema podcast that Jessica Chastain truly turned down a major position within the first movie:

“That is the fascinating factor that Hollywood’s beginning to discover out, is that numerous the actresses on the market wish to be superheroes as a lot because the actors do. I do know this occurred with Scott [Derrickson]. He went to Jessica Chastain to get her on Physician Unusual, as a result of we had been contemplating her. She’s like, ‘Hey, look, this undertaking sounds superior, and I’d like to do it. However I’m solely going to get one shot at being in a Marvel movie and changing into a Marvel character; and I skilled in ballet, and I actually wish to put on a cape.’ And that was the best rejection ever. She needed to be in a Marvel film, however she needed to be the superhero, not the badass physician Night time Nurse.”

Rachel McAdams would go onto play the Night time Nurse position in Physician Unusual, however she is going to reportedly not return for the upcoming sequel.

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Scott Derrickson remains to be hooked up to Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity as an government producer. Particulars on The Multiverse of Insanity are at the moment restricted, although it’s stated to characteristic horror parts. Moreover, the Disney Plus mini-series WandaVision will even function the lead-in to the sequel.

Sam Raimi is reportedly in talks to direct from a script written by Michael Waldron. The sequel will star Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, and Elizabeth Olsen. Manufacturing is reportedly nonetheless planning to start in June 2020.

Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity is scheduled to be launched in theaters on Could 7, 2021.

Supply: Junkfood Cinema