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EGOT-winning actor and DC star Viola Davis voices her interest in joining the MCU. Viola Davis made her superhero movie debut as Task Force X’s boss Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad, reprised her role in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad soft reboot, and survived the DCU reboot to lead Task Force M in Creature Commandos and receive her own solo series — the DCU’s upcoming Waller show. Viola Davis may have many more DCU appearances in store, but a Marvel role isn’t off the table.
Speaking to EW on the red carpet for her movie G20, Viola Davis reveals she has watched almost every MCU release multiple times due to her daughter’s love for the franchise, and confesses she’s interested in playing a Marvel character. Davis jokes she’d like to play “an Iron Man” or “maybe Iron Mania?” Read Viola Davis’ full response below:
“Yeah, absolutely. I don’t know what hero I would be, you know. I just, my daughter is a Marvel fanatic, so I’ve watched, I think almost all of them five, six times.”(…) “Probably an Iron Man. I would be — maybe Iron Mania? Iron Shaniqua Mania?”
Viola Davis Would Be A Great Addition To The MCU
Viola Davis has built an exceptional career over more than thirty years’ worth of outstanding performances. Davis is the eighteenth person to achieve EGOT status — the collection of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. If Viola Davis truly wants to join the MCU, there’s no doubt Marvel Studios would find her a role that suits her. Big stars like Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Kurt Russell, and Angelina Jolie have played one-off yet significant roles in the MCU, and others like Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Hopkins have reprised their MCU roles multiple times.
Source: EW
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
Summary
The monolithic franchise that kicked off with Iron Man, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is one of the industry’s longest-running and largest cinematic franchises. Based on the heroes from Marvel Comics, the MCU is a new way for fans and newcomers alike to enjoy the ever-expanding universes of some of the world’s most famous superheroes. Releasing as “Phases,” Marvel Studio’s first three Phases came to be known as “The Infinity Saga,” which surrounded the formation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and their showdown with the Mad Titan known as Thanos as he sought to collect the Infinity Stones. With his ultimate goal of indiscriminately wiping out half of all life in the universe, this plot ultimately reveals itself over ten years of films, ending in a two-part finale that changed the world’s fate – and the core cast forever. Currently, the MCU is preparing to enter the fifth phase, focusing on Kang the Conquerer as the new core series villain.