15 things you never knew about Marvel

Here’s the list of things you never knew about Marvel:

1. Scarlett Johansson was so happy to play in Avengers that she dyed her hair before filming.

2. Avengers is the first Marvel film to gross over a billion dollars.

3. Jeremy Renner trained with professional archers.

4. The Iron Man armor has more than 450 pieces and weighs 88 pounds.

5. Tom Hiddleston went looking for inspiration elsewhere.

Tom Hiddleston got help from Jack Nicholson, Peter O'Toole and Clint Eastwood to play the role of Loki in Thor.

6. Chris Evans refused the role of Captain America several times before being persuaded by the director.

7. Rachel McAdams was going to play the role of Pepper Potts (Iron Man) but she refused, making way for Gwyneth Paltrow.

8. Jon Favreau, who plays the role of Happy Hogan in Iron Man, is also the director of the films.

9. Spider-man does not appear in Avengers for one simple reason.

In fact, Marvel sold the rights to the Spider-man character to Sony in 1990. At that time, Marvel was in debt and was forced to cede the rights of some of its licenses. Before filming started on the Avengers movie, Spider-man still hadn’t been returned to Marvel. Today, Spider-man has been bought back by Marvel, who’s planning to reboot the license.

10. Quentin Tarantino was almost the director of Iron Man.

11. Michael Jackson almost bought Marvel.

12. The names “OPTIMUS PRIME” and “MEGATRON” in Transformers were created by Chief editor Jim Shooter and writers Denny O'Neil and Bob Dudiansky.

13. Stan Lee has made ??several appearances.

114. The image of Captain America in the Marvel movie credits comes from the first comic strip released in 1941.

15. Hugh Jackman almost played the role instead of Robert Downey, Jr., but he refused it.