14 Cool Facts About Marvel Movies and the MCU

#9. Avi Arad, the head of Marvel Studios, had intense discussions with Eric Bana to star in Ghost Rider. Though Arad decided that Nicolas Cage (who already had a tattoo of the character on his left bicep) was better for the part, Bana ended up in the much-panned 2003 Ang Lee flick, The Hulk.