That’s my big thing. If an actor wants to be serious and do their own thing - awesome, do an arthouse film, or theater. Jumping into an existing franchise that is already known and beloved by fans is a completely different thing. It’s not for you, an actor, to make it your own, your job is to uphold the character we already know and love.

Robert Downey Jr came in and learned about Iron Man, and did his own little flairs to it, but never at the expense of who or what Iron Man was, and over time he became Iron Man, to the point where pop culture doesn’t recognize anyone but RDJ as Iron Man. He didn’t get that by jumping in and saying “My face is more important than Iron Man”. (In fact, his face was literally covered a good chunk of the first movie now that I think about it)