GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: Will Nathan Fillion Return As Simon Williams/Wonder Man In The MCU?

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: Will Nathan Fillion Return As Simon Williams/Wonder Man In The MCU?

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 director James Gunn has taken to social media to explain Nathan Fillion's cameo in the sequel and drops some hints that we could see his Wonder Man in future...

By JoshWilding - May 18, 2017 02:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 2
When Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was shooting a handful of scenes set on Earth, eagle-eyed fans spotted a Simon Williams film festival featuring a variety of posters with the Firefly star in a number of roles. One of those was Tony Stark in an obvious nod to the Steve Jobs movie starring Michael Fassbender and James Gunn has taken to Facebook to reveal that he will now be releasing all of them.


That's going to be fun, but in the post below, the filmmaker goes into detail about including Fillion in the movie and why he struggled to find his longtime friend a cameo which would help open the door to him joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe somewhere down the line without just wasting the actor.

However, things get particularly interesting when Gunn mentions that, "I think we can consider them canon for the MCU, and I hold onto hope that Simon Williams will rise again." Nothing is confirmed then, but it definitely sounds like it's possible that we'll see more of this character in the future. Wonder Man could easily find a place in the MCU and it's hard to imagine fans complaining about Fillion playing him! What do you guys think of a possible return for Simon Williams? Sound off below.



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Kyos
Kyos - 5/18/2017, 2:17 AM
Would be cool, just not sure where this would fit in.
Legendairy
Legendairy - 5/18/2017, 2:23 AM
He went to my high school. I hope he gets a permanent role in the MCU :^)
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 5/18/2017, 2:47 AM
WONDAH MAN< WHY WONT YOU DIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 5/18/2017, 2:47 AM
@EdgyBillCipher - Sorry, i dont like wonder man
marccampos
marccampos - 5/18/2017, 3:05 AM
That´s really cool!
parkerray
parkerray - 5/18/2017, 3:15 AM
Why couldn't Wonder Man be in space?? It's not like Peter Quill's the only one to ever leave the planet. I was looking for this and telling friends to look for a new Avenger. If Stan Lee and Howard can make it, Simon definitely could.
Melkac
Melkac - 5/18/2017, 11:19 AM
@parkerray - He didn't want any more humans in GotG v2.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/18/2017, 3:33 AM
Just hope to see simon williams somewhere down the line. I dont care in what shape
scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 5/18/2017, 3:37 AM
wow a character I could care less about played by a fan-cult actor who cant really act. sign me down.
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 5/18/2017, 3:49 AM
@scapegoatjones - Nathon Fillion can act.
scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 5/18/2017, 4:09 AM
@EdgyBillCipher - like the guy who starred in Wings. That is his acme.
JumpRay
JumpRay - 5/18/2017, 2:22 PM
@scapegoatjones - Never really liked Wonder Man. Always thought he was lame, but I never read much of his stories. I do like Fillion though.
MrFridayNights
MrFridayNights - 5/18/2017, 5:00 AM
Nathan Fillion is overrated as [frick]
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 5/18/2017, 5:03 AM
Hopefully he gets used in an avengers movie, gunn would try too hard to make him his own and give him some stupid personality trait.

Gunn is like a funny zack Snyder.
Mutantandproud927
Mutantandproud927 - 5/18/2017, 5:07 AM
I'm sure whatever role he's given will be taken out last second haha
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/18/2017, 5:21 AM
I love the character of Simon Williams. I really want to see him on the big screen at some point. Fillion wouldn't be one of my top choices to play him though. I'm however not completely opposed. But for a very long time in the comics and now consequently for the movies I wanted them to change his superhero name from Wonder Man to something different and less confusing to the general public.
ager
ager - 5/18/2017, 5:27 AM
Didn't he have a 3sexond role In the first? Oh well. If WM is in it, and he should be in a Masters of Evil type plot, it should be by a younger, buffer actor
Roodi
Roodi - 5/18/2017, 5:51 AM
LOL that Tony Stark movie is rated R.
2pacman
2pacman - 5/18/2017, 6:07 AM
just do it gif
xinstituto
xinstituto - 5/18/2017, 8:56 AM
Probably Marvel deleted it exactly because they have future plans for the character and that is not anything to do to that cameo.
DomoAgamotto
DomoAgamotto - 5/18/2017, 11:27 AM
I sure hope not. He has gained too much damn weight.
JumpRay
JumpRay - 5/18/2017, 2:19 PM
Need to have a poster showing Simon Williams as Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly season 2/Serenity 2.
admiralhowdy
admiralhowdy - 5/20/2017, 3:48 AM
@JumpRay - Hells yes
JumpRay
JumpRay - 5/26/2017, 12:29 PM
@admiralhowdy - Can't stop the signal.
TheRealMandarin
TheRealMandarin - 5/21/2017, 9:51 AM
Michael Rooker is James gunns best friend and yet(spoilers) he killed him off in two of his movies
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