Anna Daniels
While Dallas is still relatively early in his acting career, he’s already got a couple of impressive credits to his name. Of those credits, none was more high profile than his turn as one of the Warriors Three opposite Mr. Odinson in the 2011 Marvel flick Thor. If you’re having trouble placing Dallas’ face in Thor, you’ll need to imagine him with the longer hair and the fancy-man goatee that adorned the face of Thor’s swash-buckling pal Fandral.
Yes, that was actually a virtually unknown Dallas battling and drinking and cavorting alongside the God of Thunder in the movie’s Asgard-set scenes. If you’re wondering how he landed that coveted early MCU role, well, it was more or less a matter of being in the right place at the right time, as it seems Kenneth Branagh and Team Marvel had a bit of an issue casting the part. Initially, the role of Fandral was offered to Zachary Levi, who relinquished the role when scheduling issues arose after his cult-hit spy series Chuck was unexpectedly given a fifth season order. The part then fell into the hands of Stuart Townshend, who apparently just couldn’t get on the same page with Marvel about the direction of the character.
Hot off an appearance in horror sequel The Descent 2, Josh Dallas stepped in at the last minute, and played Fandral with no shortage of bravado. If you’re wondering why you didn’t see him in 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, or 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, it’s because Dallas subsequently had to give up the part due to scheduling conflicts. Luckily, future Shazam! star Levi was available to re-claim the role when Dallas stepped away — which proves there is unquestionably some sort of cosmic symmetry in the universe.
Written by: Looper
