Does the MCU have already got its new Kang? Colman Domingo reveals the reality in regards to the rumor he’d change Jonathan Majors as Marvel’s subsequent massive villain.
Followers have been begging for Colman Domingo to affix the MCU for years. And whereas the actor has lastly made his debut as Norman Osborn in Marvel’s Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man, that didn’t cease followers from wanting extra. This led to them clinging on to any rumor they may in regards to the actor making the leap to live-action, with maybe essentially the most prevalent of those revolving round him changing Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror.
Colman Domingo really addressed this rumor final yr in a profile with Vainness Honest. Whereas the actor didn’t explicitly deny that he was in consideration by Marvel to interchange Jonathan Majors, he did reveal that his crew hadn’t introduced him any details about doubtlessly taking over the function of Kang the Conqueror within the MCU. Whereas this managed to subdue many followers, some nonetheless believed his cagey reply could have meant greater than he was letting on.
Colman Domingo Speaks On Kang Rumors
This rumor got here to the forefront as soon as extra in a latest discuss that Colman Domingo had with Josh Horowitz on the Comfortable Unhappy Confused podcast. In the course of the chat, Domingo revealed that he really did communicate to Marvel in regards to the rumor that he was being thought of to changed Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror. Nevertheless, finally, he desires no matter function he performs within the MCU to be one thing fully authentic to him.
“After some time, when it was continually within the press and on locations like Twitter, I used to be like ‘Wait a minute, is that this true? Am I being talked about for Kang?’. So I actually referred to as up my crew and stated ‘Are you guys having conversations that I don’t know something about’ they usually had been like ‘No. I don’t know.’ After which I used to be like ‘Are you guys being cagey or what?’ They usually weren’t. I don’t assume so.”
“However I believe there had been conversations of me coming into Marvel not directly. And we did observe up with a sit down assembly with the heads of Marvel. So I did try this. And we talked overtly in regards to the panorama of Marvel and even just like the Kang rumors. And I personally knew that, like, hear. I’m simply all about vitality and I simply need to do issues that make sense and brings mild vitality.”
“However I really feel like need a function to be mine, no matter that function is, no matter I develop… One thing didn’t really feel proper of me like ‘Oh, would I change somebody?’ No, I wanna construct one thing from the bottom up that’s my very own. So I really feel like that was by no means a dialog from my viewpoint.”
These feedback appear to recommend that, even when the rumor of Marvel wanting Colman Domingo to interchange Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror is true, the actor has little interest in taking over the mantle. And given how properly he’s enjoying Norman Osborn within the animated sphere, it’s clear that the beginning as a expertise for bringing iconic characters into the MCU in a brand new mild.
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