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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9707134" data-attributes="member: 907">I don't think that's related to age per se. That probably has more to do with their habit of contracting actors a rung or two below super-stardom for several movies, and once those movies are up those actors have often been able to climb those rungs making it much more expensive to renew those contracts. So instead they usually have a trilogy or so of movies centering that character giving them a (hopefully) satisfying arc.It depends on the circumstances. Had they done the sequel trilogy after Fisher's demise, I'd have been OK with recasting her. Same thing if they had done a sequel more along the lines of Heir to the Empire, taking place a few years after Return of the Jedi – that would likely have required recasting the whole crew with younger people. Or if General Organa had had a leading rather than supporting role which would have required her to be around for the last movie as well. But once the sequels started with Fisher in an important but not leading role, I think recasting her would have been a mistake.It's been a while since I watched The Incredible Hulk, but I don't remember Norton's performance as being "boring". Ruffalo definitely adds a little more comedy to the role, but I don't know if that's because of the actor himself or because that works better when he's not the lead. And as I understand it, the reason Norton was recast was that he apparently was a pain to work with.</blockquote>

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