It’s no secret Marvel Studios has a difficult decision to make regarding how to react to the ongoing legal troubles of actor Jonathan Majors. Variety has shared a long breakdown of the many issues facing the studio today, and in it they’ve mentioned that Marvel actually considered replacing Majors’ Kang the Conqueror with another beloved Marvel villain.
- Marvel Studios has reportedly considered shifting their Multiverse Saga’s focus from Kang the Conqueror to another villain, like Doctor Doom.
- Variety reports this was one of the topics discussed during Marvel Studios’ recent annual retreat in Palm Springs.
- The move would certainly pose quite a challenge as Majors’ Kang (as well as his many variants like He Who Remains and Victor Timely) is already interwoven into the ongoing story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Not to mention, the next big crossover film on the schedule is titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
- Still, thanks to the nature of time travel and the multiverse already at play in the MCU, a quick pivot could be worked into the narrative.
- Doom especially makes sense because the character played a major role in “Secret Wars (2015),” a comic crossover event on which the following Avengers film, Avengers: Secret Wars, will be based.
Doctor Doom in "Secret Wars (2015)"
- It does appear much more likely Marvel will explore other options for their primary antagonist in the ongoing phase, like potentially recasting the character, for example.
- For now though, Marvel awaits the results of Majors’ legal battle.
- Majors’ first MCU appearance came as He Who Remains in the first season finale of Loki on Disney+.
- He then portrayed Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which reportedly already had Marvel reconsidering the future of Majors’ role, independent of his legal issues, due to its disappointing box office performance.
- Currently, he is playing a major role as Victory Timely, a variant of Kang and He Who Remains, in the ongoing second season of Loki on Disney+.