Chris Evans as Captain America comes to mind. He had played an annoying Human Torch in a terrible Fantastic Four movie prior. No one thought he would become the character so much that it was impossible to re-cast it.
"I remember seeing a trailer for Pulp Fiction. John Travolta had basically vanished at that point with the Look Who’s Talking franchise being the only recent thing I’d seen him in. I thought it was gonna s#ck.
Chris Evans as Captain America comes to mind. He had played an annoying Human Torch in a terrible Fantastic Four movie prior. No one thought he would become the character so much that it was impossible to re-cast it.