MCU quietly recast Jonathan Majors' Kang after all
Topics: Marvel, MCU, TV And Film, Comics
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Topics: Marvel, MCU, TV And Film, Comics
According to a new interview, the big bad villain, Kang, was actually recast on the down low, even though his reign of terror was still cut short.
The character of Kang was supposed to be the MCU’s next big villain, taking the fight to the heroes after Thanos was eventually beaten.
However, this became a major problem for Disney and Marvel after the actor playing the multiversal threat, Jonathan Majors, was involved in a court case that eventually led to a guilty verdict for harassment and assault in the third degree.
While fans were eager to see Majors recast, it seemed like Disney pivoted away from Kang, and even though a recent interview with Kevin Feige claims that the studio saw that Kang wasn’t a big enough threat, they had actually cast a new actor to take up the role.
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This wasn’t in live action, though, as Beau Demayo, creator of X-Men ‘97 took to Twitter to accuse Feige of lying, and said that he was forced to recast Kang, who would appear in season two of X-Men ‘97.
The role ended up going to Star Trek actor, John De Lancie, who voiced Kang in the animated show.
DeMayo went on to say that Marvel had planned much more for Kang, but was forced to pivot from his initial plan to use Majors.
“After the Majors news broke, Marvel Studios told me Majors would likely be off the table for my plans with Kang in X-Men ‘97 season two as they awaited the verdict which would determine if he’d be recast in the MCU,” writes DeMayo.
He went on to insist that Kang was always the “endgame” for Marvel, and keeping Kang would have made more sense.
Marvel, of course, went on to cast Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, who will become the next threat to the universe.