Colman Domingo is already part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as the voice of Norman Osborn in the animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. However, speculations about Marvel wanting to recast the character of Kang the Conqueror, previously portrayed by Jonathan Majors, with Domingo have been going around for a while. In a recent interview, the Selma star revealed that he had spoken to Marver higher-ups about Kang and other prospective roles.
Colman Domingo confirms he talked to Marvel about Kang and other characters
Domingo spoke about his involvement in the MCU during an interview with Josh Horowitz of the Happy Sad Confused podcast. When Horowitz said that they needed to get Domingo into the MCU, the actor pointed out that he was already part of the fictional world before acknowledging that Horowitz was referring to a live-action appearance. He added while it was “cool” to portray the iconic Spider-Man antagonist in animation, he’d love to essay the character in live-action projects.
When Horowitz brought up the Kang rumors, Domingo stated that “when it was constantly in the press and on places like Twitter (known now as X),” he wondered whether it was true and spoke to his team. Although he stated that his team denied that they had any conversations about him playing Kang in the MCU, he went on to add that interactions on the subject did happen. “We did follow up with a sitdown meeting with the heads of Marvel. So I did do that,” he added.
Domingo explained that during the interactions with Marvel, they discussed “openly about the landscape of Marvel or even the Kang rumors.” The Euphoria actor expressed reluctance to play a character previously portrayed in the same fictional universe by another individual. “I’m just all about energy and I just want to do things that make sense and bring gentle energy, but I feel like I want a role to be mine, whatever that role is, whatever I develop,” he stated.
Domingo hinted at his disinclination of joining the MCU as a recast. “I want to build something from the ground up that’s my own. So I feel like that was never a conversation from my point of view,” he added, before reiterating that he wanted to build something of his own.
Notably, Marvel removed Jonathan Majors from all of its upcoming projects in late 2023 after the actor was convicted of reckless assault in the third degree and found guilty of harassment against his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.
