Before Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Fury was almost embodied by George Clooney. The actor turned down the offer after researching the comic and part of it scared him.
Nick Fury is one of the founders of SHIELD and a very important figure in the avengers story. The director was so different in the comics, and that’s not exactly how he looks today. Fury was destined to have his own solo film in the early 2000s; in fact, George Clooney was tapped to portray the role.
Production was in its early stages, and the script was interesting enough for Clooney to consider the role. In a report of Business Internthe actor did his own research on the character, and that’s when all the plans were shattered.
Why George Clooney turned down the role of Nick Fury
Clooney read the then recently published issue of Fury by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson and Jimmy Palmiotti. The story was published under Marvel MAX label, which basically means it can go beyond censorship restrictions. In one scene of this horrific issue, Fury suffocated someone using a man’s intestines, which upset the actor. Right after that, he decided to drop the role.
If Clooney had become the MCU’s Nick Fury, it would have changed everything from his very roots. The start of the MCU journey would have come sooner. However, her casting would also affect a lot of what we have now. When the actor left, Nick Fury almost joined the Fantastic Four franchise.
Marvel decided to let it sit for a while and revise it for MCU, and that’s when Samuel L. Jackson took over. The actor claimed the character as his own and he became an icon of it. In fact, Marvel Comics redesigned Nick Fury to make him look like Jackson.
