Hollywood star Amanda Seyfried reveals why she rejected Marvel superhero role

Amanda Seyfried has revealed she knocked back a lucrative role as a Marvel superhero and why she doesn’t regret it.

Many Hollywood stars have expressed regret over turning down lucrative superhero roles in Marvel movies.

Joseph Gordon Levitt rejected playing Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, while Emily Blunt knocked back the role of Black Widow. They not only missed out on playing iconic characters but the colossal pay cheques that came with them.

But there’s one star who doesn’t regret turning down a shot at being involved in the smash-hit franchises.

A-lister Amanda Seyfried has revealed she rejected a “big” role in a superhero movie, and the reason why might surprise you.

“I turned down (a superhero movie) once and they haven’t called back since. And it was a big one,” she said in an interview with MTV.

Amanda Seyfried knocked back a big superhero role. Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images/AFP

“I don’t regret it because I didn’t want to be green for six months out of every year.”

While she didn’t reveal what role it was, fans have jumped to the obvious assumption it was bad girl assassin Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy, which eventually went to Zoe Saldana.

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“They tell beautiful stories through superheroes, and my daughter’s now really obsessed with superheroes now, and part of me wishes I’d done it, but the other part of me is like, ‘I had a life to live’, and I don’t think I would’ve been happy,” she added.

“It’s so much more fulfilling to be in a scene with another human, doing human things, talking about real life.”

Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Saldana, whose net worth sits at $US20 million ($A29.6 million) in comparison with Seyfried’s $US10 million ($A14.8 million), has since co-starred in four films in the Marvel Universe, including the world’s highest grossing film Avengers: Endgame, and is lined up to play Gamora for a fifth time in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2021.

She didn’t have an issue with the green make-up. In fact, she insisted on it instead of it being created through the use of CGI.