16 Characters Who Got Their Start as Second-Bananas
![16 Characters Who Got Their Start as Second-Bananas](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/8/760018_320x180.jpg)
Writing for franchises is complicated. It’s a complex ecosystem where you coexist with a lot of other artists while obeying corporate masters. Sometimes a character is off-limits, or the actor who plays it isn’t available -- or you just plain don’t feel like using it. In that case, you can repurpose a different character -- or, being a creative type, just do what creative types do and creativify.
And that’s what this list is about. All the characters listed here got their start as second-rate substitutes (and a few even got stuck there).
![Jessica Jones Trish Walker replaced Captain Marvel. Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg intended to have Carol Danvers as Jessica Jones' close friend, just l](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/7/760017.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
![Star Trek VI Valeris Saavik. replaced By the time of Star Trek's sixth movie, Kirstie Alley had become unaffordable for the film's budget - and the cr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/6/760016.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
![The Boys Translucent replaced Jack from Jupiter. In the comic, a member of the Seven is an alien named Jack from Jupiter (a parody of DC'S Martian Man](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/3/760013.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
![Star Trek: Enterprise T'Pol replaced T'Pau. The Vulcan commander was originally intended to be a young version of T'Pau, from the iconic episode Amok](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/4/760004.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
![Doctor Who The Toclafane (almost) replaced The Daleks. When Doctor Who was revived in 2005, issues concerning the rights to use the Daleks forced](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/7/760007.jpg)
Source: Digital Spy
![Game of Thrones Talisa Maegyr replaced Jeyne Westerling. In George R. R. Martin's books, Robb Stark's downfall begins when he marries Jeyn](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/4/760014.jpg)
Source: FanSided
![The Godfather Frank Pentangeli replaced Peter Clemenza. The plotline involving Pentangeli in The Godfather Part I was written for Clemenza, the Godfat](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/5/760015.jpg)
Source: New York Post
![Teen Titans Miss Martian Supergirl replaced Teen Titans writer Geoff Johns wanted the girl from Krypton to join the team, but DC had the character ear](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/5/760005.jpg)
Source: CBR
![Doctor Manhattan replaced Captain Atom. Alan Moore's pitch featured the Charlton Comics](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/2/760012.jpg)
Sources: CBR, Screen Rant
![The Matrix Trilogy Link replaced Tank. Tank, the operator aboard Morpheus' ship, was still alive at the end of The Matrix- -but actor Marcus Chong got](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/0/760010.jpg)
Source: Entertainment.ie
![The Lord of the Rings Legolas replaced Glorfindel. J.R.R. Tolkien intended for Glorfindel, a super-elfalready established in his mythology, to be a pa](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/8/760008.jpg)
Source: Tolkien Gateway
![Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Kira Nerys replaced Ro Laren. The creators wanted the Bajoran officer who had first appeared in The Next Generation to be t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/6/760006.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
![Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer General Hager replaced Nick Fury Some of Hager's lines are lifted straight out of Nick Fury's comics because](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/1/1/760011.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
![Masters of the Universe Gwildor replaced Orko. You can't expect a He-Man movie set mostly on Earth for money reasons to spend a single dim](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/9/760009.jpg)
Source: Stitcher
![Marvel Comics Firestar replaced The Human Torch. FoR the 1981 cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Peter Parker was going to be roommates with](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/2/760002.jpg)
Source: CBR
![STAR WARS Ewoks were the new Wookiees. George Lucas wanted to pit the Empire against a primitive species and in an early draft of the first movie, t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/3/760003.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant