Why was Edward Norton's name not featured in the cast of Alita Battle Angel?

Why was Edward Norton's name not featured in the cast of Alita Battle Angel? - Black and Silver Cross Pendant Necklace

We can clearly see the Edward Norton plays Nova in Alita Battle Angel, but his name was not featured in the end credits of the movie.

I checked IMDb as well which didn't show his name. What is the reason for this?



Best Answer

According to this article:

In interviews with director Robert Rodriguez, he revealed that the surprise casting is meant to lock in capable actors for big roles in future Alita sequels, which was a lot tougher to pull off than it looks.

Note that the lack of credit might not solely be due to the surprise effect, but also because of a technicality:

"I tried to find somebody who had a real intelligence to them. We went through a list of people that we could find who were worth bothering to do this, because there's no dialogue or anything. It's really for the setup of, if there was a sequel. We want to put someone here who we would want in a sequel. So it's kind of tough casting to do.




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Is Edward Norton Nova?

Alita: Battle Angel (2019) - Edward Norton as Nova - IMDb.

Who is playing Nova in Alita?

Back in 2019, the James Cameron produced and Robert Rodriguez directed Alita: Battle Angel hit cinemas. The $200 million sci-fi based on a cyberpunk manga made over double that at the box office and set up a sequel with Edward Norton playing Desty Nova after his brief cameo.

Will there be a 2nd Alita: Battle Angel?

Sadly, most of the film's actors have confirmed that they haven't heard any plans for an Alita: Battle Angel sequel yet, including Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz or Rosa Salazar.

Who was the guy at the end of Alita?

The Death of Hugo After saving his life, via a cybernetic body for his organic head, Alita's boyfriend Hugo (Keenan Jackson) tries to make a run up to the forbidden city of Zalem.



Why Hollywood Stopped Casting Edward Norton




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Answer 2

Norton makes a lot of cameos vs the number of his actual appearances. Norton in the past has expressed sentimentality to embracing character's "mysteriousness". I believe his cameo this time was to be a dead-ringer for James Cameron and thus went uncredited to add to the illusion.

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