Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige confirmed recently that the studio was in talks with Keanu Reeves
about eventually joining the MCU.
Reeves’ career has enjoyed a surge of popularity lately thanks to the John Wick franchise,
along with a series of beloved memes and a whole lot of humorous cameos in other recent
films.
He even made a splash at this year’s E3 with the announcement that he is a part of
the cast of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077.
So today, we’re diving into hypothetical land and debating what character in the Marvel
Universe he’d be perfect to suit up as, specifically what big bads he might lend his
talents to, with our list of the top 10 super villains Keanu Reeves should play.
Stick around till the end of the video to let us know whether or not you agree with
our picks!
10 Druig With rumours abound that one of Marvel’s
two films set to be released in 2020 will be The Eternals, there’s been a whole lot
of talk about Keanu being cast as a certain villainous character associated with the Eternals
characters.
We’re talking Druig, a character who first appeared in Eternals volume 1 issue 11 in
1977, created by Jack Kirby.
He’s capable of superhuman strength, speed, accelerated healing, cosmic energy manipulation,
energy blasts, flight, illusion generation, matter transmutation and teleportation.
His favourite past times include torturing people.
The Eternals film already has cast attached the likes of Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani
and Richard Madden, and adding Reeves to that mix would surely make for one hell of a film.
9 Norman Osborn Keanu Reeves might be too hot to play a Spider-Man
villain the likes of Doctor Octopus, but Norman Osborn?
Sign us up.
One of the great aspects of Osborn’s character is that he maintains a public façade while
being a complete narcissist, who also happens to suffer from manic depression and anti-social
psychopathic personality traits.
Others have called him a bipolar psychotic and a megalomaniac.
Yet the dude is cool as a cucumber to the public, running Osborn Industries, and sometimes
in other iterations, operates in political positions.
Osborn could serve to be a meaty role for Reeves if he’d want it, although some believe
he might be too young to be believable as Osborn at this point in time.
8 Mephisto Keanu is no stranger to dark and broody.
Remember his take on John Constantine in Constantine?
Keanu has dabbled in some dark sh*t.
And you know what?
Throw some red makeup on his face, give him a spikey doo and toss on that pointy red cape
and BAM, Keanu could give us some really solid character work as Marvel’s own demonic magic
manipulator.
He’s responsible for committing a whole ton of evil acts in his Faustian quests, and
watching Keanu bargain for souls is something that I think a lot of us would find really
entertaining.
7 Kraven the Hunter One popular opinion about what character Keanu
could play in the MCU is yet another famous Spider-Man villain, Kraven the Hunter.
He’s one of a handful of characters on this list that you could easily photoshop Keanu’s
face into and you’d buy that the actor could pull the role off.
Kraven is a skilled tactician, tracker, and hand to hand combatant.
He’s a noble character but in a snap can switch to a murderous villain; something we
know Keanu can pull off thanks to the John Wick franchise.
Kraven is obsessed with hunting Spider-Man, and once even buried the web slinger alive.
The only downside about Keanu playing Kraven is that it’s likely we wouldn’t see him
appear up on the big screen for quite some time, considering Kraven would most definitely
appear in a film that featured Spider-Man, and Far From Home just came out.
6 Doctor Doom Victor Von Doom is a complex character.
He’s one with a strict code of honour, with his arrogance often believed to be his biggest
weakness.
He keeps his exact word, and his code of honour has often led to him helping superheroes he
normally wouldn’t side with.
He once saved Captain America because the hero had saved his life prior.
He’s also a villain who is devoted to the welfare and well-being of his subjects.
Yet, he’s determined to rule over the world, simply because he genuinely believes he is
the best person for the job.
If that isn’t a fascinating character to play with, I duno who else is.
Now that Disney and Marvel Studios officially have the rights to use Fantastic Four characters
and Doom himself, there’s a very good chance that Feige is looking to the future, and wants
to ensure that they have an actor who can hold his own with some of their major properties
up for adaptation in the near future.
And who better to do that than Keanu Reeves?
5 Kang the Conqueror One of the biggest debates surrounding the
future of the MCU is who exactly will fill Thanos’ titan sized shoes when it comes
to being the next big bad in the upcoming several phases of films.
One of the most popular answers is Kang the Conqueror, all thanks to the introduction
of the multiverse and time travel in Avengers Endgame.
Kang is a time traveler, and because of this, the comics have seen multiple iterations of
the character over the years, including a young version who was Iron Lad in the Young
Avengers for a chunk of time.
While we don’t think we’ll be seeing a Young Avengers anytime soon, the idea of Keanu
playing the time traveler villain is a promising one; he could add an interesting dynamic to
Kang, and god knows he could easily give off those mad intellectual vibes that Kang boasts.
4 Galactus Hey, remember that time that Galactus was
adapted in 2007’s Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer?
And he was a giant cloud dust space entity that the Silver Surfer exploded himself into
to stop?
And the Silver Surfer sounded like an advanced AI voice coming out of a CGI body based on
the O Town Liquid Dreams music video?
So literally ANYTHING, ANYTHING ANYTHING ANYTHING, could be better than that.
Seriously, toss Keanu Reeves into a Galactus suit crafted by any of the wardrobe staff
who have worked on Marvel Studios films and you’d have a devourer of worlds fit for
the big screen.
In all seriousness though, we could definitely imagine Keanu as Galactus, although we think
he’d be more fitting for our next number-
3 Silver Surfer Keanu can be quite the stoic individual.
And so can Norrin Radd; that’s what the Silver Surfer was called before being endowed
with the power cosmic as Galactus’ herald.
Radd was hungry for adventure, and when his planet was faced with the threat of destruction
by the devourer of worlds himself, Radd bargaining with Galactus to keep his planet, and his
lover, safe.
As his herald, transformed by the power cosmic, he becomes the Silver surfer, travelling around
the galaxy to seek out planets for Galactus; something that would eventually ware him down,
especially after he finds Earth, and ends up rebelling against Galactus.
In his exile, he crosses paths with a bunch of Marvel villains, going from a henchman
to a hero of sorts.
If Galactus and the Silver Surfer were ever introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe
(which seems likely, eventually), Keanu would be an excellent fit for the role, and could
bring new depth to the Silver Surfer that we’ve yet to see in other adaptations of
the character.
2 Namor the Sub Mariner For a long time, there’s been confusion
surrounding who exactly has the rights to one of Marvel’s oldest heroes, the OG anti-hero
himself.
Namor the Sub Mariner.
While Marvel Studios has been clear they’d love to add the character, there’s surely
a lot going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about.
Regardless, a character like Namor deserves an actor who can rightfully play up not only
his arrogant heroics, but his villainous ways.
Back when he was first introduced in the panels, Namor was owned by Timely Comics, Marvel’s
predecessor, and was a Golden Age hero, who, despite often clashing with Timely’s other
heroes, would work with them, particularly Captain America and the first android version
of the Human Torch, to fight against Axis members and threats during World War 2.
The character, while still very prominent as both a hero and an antagonistic force to
others in the Marvel universe comics, has yet to get any sort of live action adaptation.
But if he were, Keanu would be perfect to play the part, and it’d be fun to see how
the actor would make Namor’s hot headedness translate up on the big screen.
1 Adam Warlock In Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, in the post
credit scenes, we learnt that the leader of the Soverign, Ayesha, had created a new breed
of her race, an incredibly powerful being that was brewing in a big ol’ cocoon that
she had decided to name Adam.
Of course, that, combined with remarks made by director and writer James Gunn in the past,
fans were led to believe that this Adam was none other than the Adam Warlock, the cosmic
superhero who long had beef with the mad titan Thanos, and was imperative during the 1991
Infinity Gauntlet story line, which the MCU largely based Avengers Infinity War off of.
Warlock is also known for being corrupted after getting the gauntlet, and also has an
evil side known as the Magus, who has appeared in multiple iterations over the years in the
comics.
Many fans of the MCU believe Warlock will act as a villain initially for the Guardians
in their third film, since the character was created with the purpose of going after them.
Now do yourself a favour.
Close your eyes.
Imagine Keanu Reeves dressed up as Warlock.
Same flowing locks.
Same stern facial expressions.
A gaunt handsome quality mixed with cosmic wisdom.
How could he NOT be Adam Warlock??
There we have it friends!
Now it’s your turn; let us know who you think Keanu Reeves would be perfect as in
the MCU, and whether or not you think he’d be up to the challenge of playing any of the
characters we put on our list.
There’s also a whole lot of heroes that he’d be a good fit for (ahem, moon knight)
so be sure to share your two cents on that as well.
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