Red Hulk and Iron Spider Were Actually Considered for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Early in the development of Captain America: Civil War, a rumor surfaced that Red Hulk would be in the movie. Turns out that rumor wasn't very far off because the Russo Bros. actually did consider including him in the story.
William Hurt reprised his role of General Thunderbolt Ross in the film, and there was a chance that we would have seen him transform into the Red Hulk! During a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Joe Russo explains:
"We had so many characters in that movie as it was. We consider everything, obviously, but with so many characters in that movie as it was to try and entertain adding another character and to get to the Red Hulk, you have to add a back story. You have to substantiate the narrative to get to that. [Thaddeus Ross], on our list of priorities, he was there sort of as the government's agenda and not to add another complicated super powered character to the mix."
Even though Red Hulk didn't pop up in Civil War, it doesn't mean that he won't make an appearance somewhere down the road. That goes for several other characters that haven't been introduced into the MCU yet. In regards to that, Joe says:
"We had a board when we started this process of the movies with these Avengers characters that have ever graced the screen in a Marvel film and a list of characters that we have at our disposal that haven't graced the screen. We spent the last six to eight months crafting stories around the cornucopia of characters at our disposal so anything is possible."
Like Joe said, if they can give a character a proper narrative they can fit that character into any movie. Of course, it would also have to work for the story they are telling. Joe goes on to reveal that they also considered using Iron Spider. When asked about it, he said:
"Again, that falls in that category of anything's possible. We consider everything."
If they considered everything for Civil War, you know they are considering everything for Avengers: Infinity War. We know that the Avengers will be teaming up with the Guardians of the Galaxy, but what other new characters will be thrown into the mix? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. It would be awesome to one day see Red Hulk and Iron Spider show up one day.