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Gene Roddenberry’s original idea was to basically make Spock the incarnation of Satan.

15 Weird Designs For Iconic Movie Characters, That They Almost Went With

September 15, 2021

In Gene Roddenberry’s original vision, Spock was going to have both red skin and pointy ears, making him basically look as Satanic as possible without giving him horns … but the idea didn’t work out for technical reasons. Here’s the full story, plus 14 others:

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Avengers: Infinity War

In Avengers: Infinity War, Red Skull could have looked way different. One initial design made him look like a scavenger wanderer who had been meeting with different people and aliens, and had started taking their clothes. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Thor: Ragnarok

Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok was originally supposed to wear a mask. That look came up before Tessa Thompson was cast, and Valkyrie's face would have been hidden and she'd have had mace gauntlets instead of a sword. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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Dark Rey in The Rise of Skywalker might not have looked like Palpatine. An early design showed her breaking away from the black hood Sith template she'd have worn white robes, and her face would have been shown. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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Originally, Mr. Spock was supposed to look almost like the devil himself. Along with pointy ears, he was going to have red skin that plan was ditched only because his skin would be totally black on older, black-and-white TVs back then. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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There were plans to give Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy green eyes. James Gunn eventually abandoned the idea, and Zoe Saldana was really grateful because the green contacts were uncomfortable for her. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comicbook.com

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King Shark from The Suicide Squad was a hammerhead in the comics. NBIOOW They just made him a great white for the movie because hammerheads' eyes are far apart, which would have made many interactions feel awkward. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comicbook.com

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The original color of Aladdin's Genie wasn't blue it - was actually green. They made the change relatively late, when recording dialogue was well underway, and lines mentioning green changed to blue. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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Star-Lord

One initial idea for Star-Lord was making him look like a military officer. The Guardians of the Galaxy team based that on his early look in the comics, when he wore what almost looked like a Star Wars Imperial uniform. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screenrant

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Originally, Kylo Ren was actually going to look exactly like Captain Phasma. They just ditched the idea because it wouldn't work well for the story, but they wanted to keep the costume, and eventually gave it to Phasma. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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Arrival

Arrival's aliens could have looked like enormous, floating blue flowers. That was one early idea that director Denis Villeneuve liked, but it got ditched (early on, Villeneuve also thought that horses' eyes could be a good inspiration). CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Thanos could have looked like a religious leader in Avengers: Infinity War. He'd have been wearing long fabrics that draped over his shoulders, plus a cape, all of which would have made him resemble an Egyptian pharaoh. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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In Ant-Man, the Wasp almost looked like she did in the early comic books. She would have worn less silver, and she wouldn't have had the triangular arch on top of the costume that she wears in the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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Molten Man could have looked pretty different in Spider-Man: Far From Home. An original idea showed him with a bunch of debris stuck in his back, and they thought about giving him three arms at one point, too. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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Groot

In one early idea, Groot was going to be much closer to a literal walking tree. He'd have leaves and branches growing all over him, and rather than being kinda skinny-looking, he'd have thick limbs and a powerful torso. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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Joss Whedon wanted to show Vision's junk in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Whedon said He's gotta have a penis when he's born, and everyone was against that when he saw the first sketches, Whedon agreed with them. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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