After the dismissal of Jonathan Majors, convicted of assault, Rustin’s actor is most likely to replace him as the villain in the franchise
After the dismissal of Jonathan Majors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Colman Domingonominated for an Oscar 2024 for Rustinis one of the most popular names to replace the actor, convicted of harassment and assault, in the role of Kang the Conquerorvillain of Multiverse Sagathe current chapter of the franchise.
In an interview with the magazine Vanity Fairthe actor said that his team has been talking to Marvel about a possible participation in its Cinematic Universe and stated that he would be willing to take on the role in the franchise:
“I feel like my team doesn’t present me with anything that isn’t real. I would love a conversation about that. Whatever they were working on Jonathan [Majors] and his legacy in the MCU, I feel like I need to be on my own path, whatever that may be. There are rumors, there are conversations, but I’m not sure, because I feel like nothing comes to me until it’s real. But I would accept that”he declared.
Recently, however, the The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Marvel is trying to reduce the presence of Kang in the franchise since the failure of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania(2023), the character’s big debut on the big screen.
Before, the Variety had already anticipated that Marvel would be thinking about replacing Kang for the Doctor Doomclassic villain from the stories of Fantastic Fourbut my hands were tied due to the plans drawn up so far.
“And they didn’t have the opportunity to rewrite [os roteiros] until recently [por causa da greve de roteiristas em Hollywood]. But I don’t see a way for them to go through with it [na franquia]”declared a source from the vehicle in November 2023.
Kang debuted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the end of the first season of Loki as He Who Remains, one of the variants of the villain in the multiverse. Afterwards, he reappeared, now in fact as Kangin Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniareleased in February this year.
The last appearance of Jonathan Majors how the villain was in the second season of Loki, in which agents from the Temporal Variance Authority, AVT, responsible for monitoring timelines, place an alert to monitor, identify and prevent variants of Kang to destroy different realities.
Source: Rollingstone
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