Jonathan Majors' time as the MCU's Kang the Conqueror reached an abrupt end when he was found guilty of two misdemeanour counts of assault and harassment following an altercation with his ex-girlfriend.
The actor was sentenced to a 52-week in-person domestic violence intervention program, but won't see any jail time. Despite that, the incident has essentially ended his Hollywood career and it's unclear whether there's a way back for Majors.
What we do know is he'd done as Kang, leaving fans to speculate about who will replace him in Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars.
One popular suggestion is Them: The Scare star Luke James; however, he's not interested in playing the Conqueror.
"Marvel as a whole? Yes. Kang the Conqueror? No," the actor tells The Direct. "But I wouldn't not not take the meeting. There are so many brilliant characters, because I mean, it's so many characters. There are so many characters I would love a take at."
"I know it's going to throw people: Thrasher. As a kid, I loved Thrasher, especially when I was introduced to him via Spider-Man. I just thought that was really cool," James added, confirming he knows his comic books. "I skateboard. I thought it was really sick. They're working on ‘Blade,' Blade is awesome."
He also has a DC character in mind: Captain Atom.
"[Captain] Atom would be really cool in the DCU. I think Atom is such a unique character," he says. "They always kind of hint to him, show him in the cartoons and animation versions of all the movies that they've come up with DCU. But Atom is really powerful. I think that would be really [cool]."
"Right now, I see him hooked up to this reactor. They're draining him; they're using his power to create these radioactive beings that they're using. I forget what animation that was."
Thrasher, also known as Night Thrasher, was created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz and first appeared in 1989's Thor #411. He's best known as the founder and leader of the superhero team the New Warriors.
As for Captain Atom, he first appeared in Space Adventures #33 in 1960 and was dreamed up by Joe Gill and artist/co-writer Steve Ditko for Charlton Comics. In the comics, he gains his powers through a military experiment that involves being fused with an alien metal and exposed to a nuclear explosion.
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