Well thats the thing, some of them looked, reptilian and more. This is going to be a layup for them.
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Breaking, Jonathan Majors has been FIRED as Kang (Jeff Sneider)
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Well thats the thing, some of them looked, reptilian and more. This is going to be a layup for them.
NGL with all the multiversal stuff they could have so much fun where the worlds collide and they are faced with an invasion from a universe where their greatest foes won. Much rather have something of that with a bad guy greatest hits than another central villain.
I've always thought trying to outdo Thanos was too tall an order. Infinity War was such a perfect storm.
I have the feeling that Disney will have a hard time recasting a black actor for this role. Yes, Majors is an arrogant abusive piece of garbage, but the optics are that a white woman took this promising young black actor(edit: class act clown) down. I bet many of the actors suggested on this thread think likewise and would turn down the role.
RDJ's father was a drug addict who started giving him drugs and booze at just six years old, causing a substance addiction for much of his life. It's an incredibly messed up sad story. I guess it's fair to call drug addiction problematic, but I don't think RDJ should be lumped in with people accused of domestic abuse without any context.
I mentioned it in another thread, but here's my pitch:
You replace Kang with Loki. Yes, Loki is now a "good guy" but you present a scenario wherein Loki is at odds with the MCU. Set up the idea that the main MCU universe must be destroyed so that the multiverse lives, with Loki assembling all the Fox-verse/Sony-verse heroes and villains to fight the Avengers. Now that Loki is effectively "He Who Remains", he has to make some hard choices and this is one of them.
I think they'll just ultimately recast Kang, but I almost feel like going with Loki as another grand finale for the character, and a way to tie back to the original Avengers, would work.
You replace Kang with Loki. Yes, Loki is now a "good guy" but you present a scenario wherein Loki is at odds with the MCU. Set up the idea that the main MCU universe must be destroyed so that the multiverse lives, with Loki assembling all the Fox-verse/Sony-verse heroes and villains to fight the Avengers. Now that Loki is effectively "He Who Remains", he has to make some hard choices and this is one of them.
I think they'll just ultimately recast Kang, but I almost feel like going with Loki as another grand finale for the character, and a way to tie back to the original Avengers, would work.
Wow. That was quick. Lol
I think they will just do a recast and not acknowledge the change in appearance.
I think they will just do a recast and not acknowledge the change in appearance.
Do people even care if Marvel recast another actor as Kang? Like people didn't give a shit when that happened to Terrence's Rhodes, lol. Granted the latter is not really a true major character but still.
Less than what people actually think. Recast and don't acknowledge the recast by doing multiverse shit and move on. Same thing they should do for any potential future recasts. Or character revivals.
Given the fact that the character technically is suppose to look like this:
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I see no reason against recasting and giving the character(s) a swift conclusion in Avengers 5.
Casual audiences barely noticed Thanos' changes but then again he was CG and barely showed up before Avengers 3/4:
I see no reason against recasting and giving the character(s) a swift conclusion in Avengers 5.
Casual audiences barely noticed Thanos' changes but then again he was CG and barely showed up before Avengers 3/4:
But he looks like that in the MCU.Given the fact that the character technically is suppose to look like this:
I see no reason against recasting and giving the character(s) a swift conclusion in Avengers 5.
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It's a helmet.
He looks like this in the comics:
He looks how he's supposed to look in the MCU. And with a recast, he'd still look how he's supposed to look.
99% of people who give a shit about recasting are on this forum. Everyone else will notice they're different and move on
I like John but acting wise he isn't as good as Majors sadly.
He also needs to be a big guy.
Ehh, he can do menacing character quite well. The dude did a good job portraying ruthlessness in They Cloned Tyrone.
I would love to see him joining Marvel since I just basically love seeing the dude in anything, but really doubtful this will happen like ever, lol.
Slam dunk. With a good character arc, Kang Lakeith can even outshine Thanos I have full confidence.
Yahya Abdul Mateen would also make a bomb Kang, Disney pls🙏
Good thing in actual reality the optics are: a POS was found guilty of abuse.
Any actor thinking otherwise is probably a dim motherfucker who shouldn't get the role anyway tbh.
Two great optionsJamie Hector as Judge Kang
Aldis Hodge as Imperator Kang
Tramell Tillman for Kang
Shit this dude was fucking awesome in Severance, I can see it.
I'm in for the actor that was the main villain in Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Unhinged, intimidating character. Maybe they could just be explain him as being one of the variants then go from there? His presence on screen in that role was so damn good.
Sope is another actor who would be a better T'Challa replacement than a Kang one.
Also different times. When someone does something like majors did it becomes trending instantly.
10 years ago Majors his career might have survived this.
Just have Dr. Doom blow up the Kang Citadel and become the new big bad.
Nobody gives a fuck about Kang.
Nobody gives a fuck about Kang.
I agree with everyone here that they should just move on from Kang. The way they portrayed him wasn't appealing to me.
they're not just moving on from the next avenger level villain - DOOM isn't ready, and a secret war without him also feels rushed.
this could be such a great call right here - he's in more stuff these days but still feels underused, and not enough roles i see him in challenge the potential i think dude has as well
this could be such a great call right here - he's in more stuff these days but still feels underused, and not enough roles i see him in challenge the potential i think dude has as well
Problem with Lakeith Stanfield is that, apparently, he's got some skeletons in his closet, too. At least from what I've seen people saying on this Kang stuff elsewhere.
Kang is awesome.
The big mistake they did so far for actually making Kang a thing is absolutely, completely ignoring his one big thing - Time travel and manipulation. Yes, there's some time travelling involved in Loki, but never showed Kang actually _do_ something to change shit visibly. It all felt completely coincidental. Ant-Man was even worse in that regard.
And yes, if you exchange "time" with "multiverse", I still stand by this point. Kang needs to fuck shit up actively and massively, and he needs to do it way before Kang Dynasty is even on movie posters. I don't want them to give up on the character in favor of a rushed Doom thing, I'm sure Marvel has a good idea where they wanted to go and I want them to go there.