Mel Gibson turned down a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Mel Gibson has revealed that he had the chance to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Odin (Thor's dad), but turned it down.

Speaking with The Guardian at the Cannes Film Festival, Gibson said, “Yeah, [I was approached] a long time ago to play Thor’s dad. But I didn’t do it”.

Gibson seems as unhappy as the rest of the film-going public with how often the Spider-Man origins story has been covered. "Some of them are just like [retreads]. I mean you can watch them do Spider-Man five times," he said.