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Giancarlo Esposito is a veteran working actor who ascended to “TV’s greatest villain” thanks to his roles in Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian, and The Boys. And he’s long made his intentions very known about For a long time, he campaigned to play Professor X in the MCU’s X-Men reboot. But now it seems he snagged another MCU role, one he described as appearing briefly first (probably a post-credits cameo) and then in a larger capacity in a Disney+ series. Here’s what he said:
I cannot promise you it’ll be Professor X, because here’s what I think. I think that there’s something about being original. We’ve seen different versions of Professor X. Wouldn’t you like to see me play a character in a Marvel movie who is original, and new, and fresh? So, mark my words: This will happen sooner than you think.
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Based on these criteria, these are our guesses for Giancarlo Esposito’s upcoming MCU role. A reminder, Esposito said “new and fresh,” which makes us think he’s not a previously established Marvel movie character. Otherwise, we’d have him down for Doctor Doom, Green Goblin, or Magneto. We think he’d be a particularly great Norman Osborn actually. Yes, we also realize all of these are villains or adversary-type roles. At this point, it’s clear Esposito has no problem leaning into his talents at playing Machiavellian villains. This is a guy who loves playing baddies, so we’re taking that into account.
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First appearing in 1976, Baron Blood is a vampire villain who often fought Captain America. In the pages of Marvel Comics, John Falsworth was a British aristocrat, who during the early part of the 20th century was transformed into a vampire by Dracula himself. He fought Captain America and the Invaders during World War II, and eventually, he (and those who succeeded him in the title) became . We could see Esposito playing a version of Baron Blood, perhaps having a supporting vampiric role in the eventual Blade reboot, before starring in a potential Midnight Suns series as the lead villain. If you saw Abigail, you know Esposito was born to play the undead.
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Almost all of the major X-Men villains have appeared in live-action during the Fox era. So when Kevin Feige reboots Marvel’s mutants for the MCU, there is going to be a lot of new versions of classic characters. Yet one major X-Men villain has never shown up in live-action, and he’s rumored to be the “Big Bad” of the MCU X-Men, and that’s Mister Sinister. The nearly (real name Nathaniel Essex) is the perfect erudite and scheming villain that Esposito has made his name playing. And with Sinister, he’d be introducing a role to live-action, not having to do a part someone else made famous already. We could see him cameo first in Deadpool & Wolverine, before appearing in a Disney+ X-Men related series.
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We’ve seen a lot of the classic Marvel cosmic villains in one form or another on the big screen already. Thanos, Ronan, Dormammu, the list goes on. But we have yet to see Annihilus, the terrifying ruler of the Negative Zone. This villain first , before becoming an enemy of every major cosmic Marvel hero. He’s a character that would be visually striking, and who has a huge amount of Marvel events like Annihilation to draw from. This would likely be a motion capture role, but we think Esposito is up to the challenge. We could see him appearing first in the upcoming Fantastic Four film in a cameo capacity, and then being the main villain of the Nova series, rumored to be on the way for Disney+ soon.
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We’re all assuming that Giancarlo Esposito is talking about a live-action role, but what if it’s both live-action and animated? The finale of X-Men ’97 season one took us back to ancient Egypt, where the X-Men met a young En Sabah Nur, better known as Apocalypse. In the distance, we see a futuristic domed citadel in ancient Cairo. Could this be the base of Rama-Tut, the of Kang the Conquerer? If it’s based on the comics, it definitely should be. We could see Esposito play this particular Kang variant in a small way in a future project like Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, and then voicing Rama-Tut He’d be crossing the streams between universes, but it would be an incredibly fun challenge for him as actor.
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The Beyonder is a character that is neither a villain nor a hero. An omnipotent godlike being, he first appeared . He later appeared in every following Secret Wars iteration, including Jonathan Hickman’s 2015 version. With Avengers: Secret Wars coming up soon, we know the Beyonder has to be a part of it. Since Secret Wars is going to be a huge story, it will likely have a Disney+ series component. Something like Battleworld perhaps? We could see Giancarlo Esposito appearing as the Beyonder in a smaller capacity in Deadpool & Wolverine, then going on to both Avengers: Secret Wars and a Disney+ series related to it. There really is no bigger role in the MCU than the Beyonder. It would be a feather in his cap.
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First appearing as an adversary in Fantastic Four, the genius scientist the Mad Thinker was infamous for creating one advanced A.I. after another. These machines ranged from the android Quasimodo to the Awesome Android. Julius (his only known name) was a recurring thorn in the side of the FF. Yet with his robotic know-how, he could be a real threat to someone like the Vision. We think it’s possible that Esposito is cast as the Mad Thinker, who may appear in Fantastic Four. Then later, he could become the primary antagonist in for Disney+.
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We know, the name “Mephisto” triggers flashbacks to rampant speculation . However, the demonic villain is a major Marvel bad guy. He has to show up somewhere, at some point, doesn’t he? We think it could be the ultimate villainous role for Giancarlo Esposito, seeing as Mephisto is basically the Devil. We would not be shocked if Mephisto appears in cameo form in something like Agatha All Along, before landing a bigger bad guy role in a Disney+ series like Ghost Rider. Mephisto is also one of the biggest enemies of the Silver Surfer. With Marvel Studios soon introducing the Surfer in Fantastic Four, a Disney+ series may follow. That’s a perfect place for Mephisto to appear regularly.
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