Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves were initially candidates to star in “Kraven the Hunter” | THE RIVER

Sony Pictures' latest Marvel movie, “Kraven the Hunter,'' is currently being released. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who is rumored to play the next James Bond, plays the brutal role of Kraven the Hunter in a wild manner. He showed off plenty of wild action along with his well-trained body for this role.

Now that the film has been released, I can look back on it, but a completely different actor was originally being considered for the role of the main character, Kraven the Hunter/Sergei Kravinov. In 2021, the candidates were reported to be major Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves, Adam Driver of “Star Wars”, and John David Washington of “TENET”. be.

Taylor-Johnson, who was on his way to becoming a breakout star, was ultimately selected because Sony Pictures was impressed by his performance in the company's film “Bullet Train.'' In this film based on the original story by Kotaro Isaka, Taylor-Johnson plays Tangerine, a hitman who gets into a heated battle with Brad Pitt. It seems that he was more attracted to the momentum of the young Taylor-Johnson than to Pitt, who he had originally considered.

It's interesting now that the studio originally considered Pitt and Reeves. After inviting an internationally known A-list actor into their universe, they may have considered having him face off against a young Tom Holland's version of Spider-Man.

In addition, in the original comic, Kraven is immune to the effects of aging due to the power of a mysterious herb, and although he is actually in his 70s, there is also a setting where he has the body of a 30-year-old. Taylor-Johnson was born in 1990 and is 34 years old (32 at the time of filming), but she looks a little older in the comics.

If Pitt or Reeves, who had just reached their 60s, had played the role, their appearance would have been interpreted very differently. Russell Crowe, who played the father, is from the same generation as Pitt and Reeves, so the depiction of the parent-child story would have been completely different.

No matter how it happened, Aaron Taylor-Johnson has established a great image of Craven. Anyone who watches it will want to see even more brutal action. I hope that this work will lead to further developments in the future.

“Kraven the Hunter” is now in theaters.