15 Actors Who Don’t Deserve To Be Part Of The MCU

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11. Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)

While I appreciated Elizabeth Olsen’s performance, despite her accent, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s portrayal of Quicksilver was way too one-dimensional. Quicksilver is a fiercely proud character, full of frustration and anger, and very over-protective of his sister. However, none of that really comes across in the film. All we get is the character’s sense of being a showboat. Who could’ve done a better job? That is unclear. I do know that Taylor-Johnson just didn’t quite deliver what many fans were expecting. Could the character have been more developed? Sure, but they killed him off. Olsen grew into the role and delivered the goods in her next MCU film. Could he have done the same? We’ll never know. As it stands, Taylor-Johnson’s portrayal is boring and lacks the emotional depth it should have had. Think about it; when Loki killed Agent Coulson in Avengers, people cried. Did they do the same when Quicksilver sacrificed himself for Hawkeye? The audience just couldn’t make an emotional connection with Taylor-Johnson’s portrayal.

10. Elizabeth Olsen – Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch)

This is nothing against Elizabeth Olsen. She’s not bad in the role at all. However, she’s not really all that good either. Her debut in Avengers: Age of Ultron was less than stellar, and her attempt at some sort of accent was so bad that many of the viewers were distracted when they should have been immersed in the film’s plot. True, who knows what a Sokovian accent should sound like (it’s a fictional country, after all), but Olsen’s attempt was just annoying and awkward. Many enjoyed the film and Olsen delivered a solid performance in Captain America: Civil War, but if you pay attention, you may notice that the accent dissipated in that film and was very inconsistent. She has great chemistry with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, but since they killed him in the first film, many can’t help but wonder what it would’ve been like if she had just passed on the role.

9. Nicolas Cage – Johnny Blaze (Ghost Rider)

Ghost Rider (2007) was a project that was supposedly a passion project for Cage, a known comic fan. The supernatural world where Ghost Rider exists really needed a delicate, grounded story to keep the film from coming off as a cheesy fantasy flick. The producers really needed an actor who could be believable as a flaming skulled-demon avenger riding a motorcycle. That’s no small task. Instead, the filmmakers decided to go the route of casting the scenery-chewing, over-the-top madman known as Nicolas Cage. Don’t get me wrong; put Cage in the proper film and he’ll give you an Academy Award-worthy performance. In Ghost Rider, though, he ended up coming off as straight-up absurd. Again, maybe with this character, they should’ve gone with a lesser-known actor with the qualities you would want to see in Johnny Blaze: rugged, bada*s, fearless, and filled with internal pain. Really, whether passionate about the character or not, Cage should’ve steered clear of this one.