Which Marvel Character Does Daniel Dae Kim Want To Play?

Which Marvel Character Does Daniel Dae Kim Want To Play?

The Lost actor reveals which character he's most interested in portraying and says that he's already talked to the studio about "other things"...

By JoshWilding - May 03, 2010 11:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Namor: The Submariner
Source: UGO

In an interview with UGO about the final few episodes of Lost (which can be viewed at the link below), the actor has revealed that there's a certain Marvel character that he'd love to play and also let slip that he's already met with them about other roles as well!

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"Sub-Mariner. Living in Hawaii, I’m always in the water – and I think Sub-Mariner looks Asian. So I feel like if there’s any one I could play, it would be him."

"I’ve met with Marvel about a few other things, but if and when it becomes appropriate – sure, if they’d have me!"


Well, I'm a huge fan of Kim's but Namor is not a role that I can see him in! (although I'm sure he'd do an amazing job) Personally, I've always thought that he'd be perfectly suited to Doctor Strange character, Wong, and with a movie seemingly likely in the next few years, could that be the role that he met with Marvel about? Leave your opinions and guesses in the usual place!

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charbelelnasr
charbelelnasr - 5/3/2010, 11:51 AM
no to sub-mariner, I just remembered that he appears in both Spider-Man 2 and Hulk movies, which will make it his 3 Marvel movie.
1chris2
1chris2 - 5/3/2010, 11:53 AM
he might be able to play namor,but ive always seen namor as a white dude but,he might be able to be a great namor im a open minded person. and as long as namor get made and has a great story i say go for it.good luck bring on NAMOR,and then the INHUMANS!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/3/2010, 11:57 AM
Daniel Dae Kim for Wong!!! :)

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MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/3/2010, 12:14 PM
Well, I dunno, I guess Namor does kinda look Asian and he's not supposed to be any defined race..I always just saw a tanned white guy with arched eyebrows. Anyway, either way Kim would be wrong for the role imo.
foxfan
foxfan - 5/3/2010, 12:16 PM
Daniel Dae Kim would be WASTED on Wong! He's pretty buff and great actor - don't we want more important characters to have these qualities?

Namor - I can totally see it, & I've been a long-time fan of Namor (first anti-hero in comics!)

Sunfire - perhaps in the 2nd wolverine movie, although Sunfire is Japanese & I believe Kim is Korean (at least I know his character on LOST is Korean).

But honestly, we need an animated Namor movie first. How about Hulk VS. vol 2, "Hulk vs. Sub-Mariner" and "Hulk vs. Man-Thing?"
P862010
P862010 - 5/3/2010, 12:18 PM
he is wrong for the role because he is Asian according to you posters?

racist
Shaman
Shaman - 5/3/2010, 12:18 PM
I'm with Ror, he'd be Wong for the role... He'd be an awesome Sunfire though... Maybe even Silver Samurai.
jazzman
jazzman - 5/3/2010, 12:19 PM
i agree with Keven. Wong really?

all the characters who think of is Wong lol

why not say Jimmy Woo

MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/3/2010, 12:20 PM
@Shaman...BOOM! haha.

P862010, I realize your just trying to get another stir going, fair play! I'm sure you will get lots of responses.
foxfan
foxfan - 5/3/2010, 12:21 PM
@P862010

I for one can see him as Namor. BUT, let's not call people "racist" when in fact they may just be comic loyalists, meaning they want to represent the comics as closely as possible.
JTheMostAwesome
JTheMostAwesome - 5/3/2010, 12:23 PM
Give him the pointy ears and the pompous attitude... I can see it!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 5/3/2010, 12:23 PM
Namor? Eh, not sure about that one.
Pyche
Pyche - 5/3/2010, 12:25 PM
Shaman
Shaman - 5/3/2010, 12:25 PM
Personally, i don't see Kim as imposing or regal enough to play Namor. I don't give a shit if he owns & runs a shitty wok. Oh and keep Jackie Chan the [frick] away from ANY role that requires acting skills. The guy couldn't even speak three lines in Kung Fu Panda convincingly.
pitchblack
pitchblack - 5/3/2010, 12:27 PM
Daniel Dae Kim for Mandarin in IM3... lol sike.
http://kimchimamas.typepad.com/kimchi_mamas/images/2007/10/26/daniel_dae_kim_2.jpg
Shaman
Shaman - 5/3/2010, 12:27 PM
pitchblack- Actually... hmmmmm.....

But you guys gotta admit, Kim has Sunfire down cold! To a freakin' "T".
gunner
gunner - 5/3/2010, 12:29 PM
If this Guy Played Namor it would Be a Joke , That is It.!!
Eight88
Eight88 - 5/3/2010, 12:29 PM
Daniel Day Kim would be an awesome Namor, he is a good actor and all he needs is pointy ears and prostetic eye brows. Why do people say its fine to have a Black Asgardian god, but not an Asian atlantian? does not make sense to me.
lvolcoml
lvolcoml - 5/3/2010, 12:30 PM
you guys are assholes!!! Wong??? racist retards, should he play anyother small time Asian parts... if Denzel Washington wanted to play black panther would you say nah I got a better part, he should hold out for blue marvel...
lvolcoml
lvolcoml - 5/3/2010, 12:32 PM
you guys are assholes!!! Wong??? racist retards, should he play anyother small time Asian parts... if Denzel Washington wanted to play black panther would you say nah I got a better part, he should hold out for blue marvel...
Shaman
Shaman - 5/3/2010, 12:33 PM
Eight88- No one "rooted" to have a black Asgardian god. We're just "okay" with having a great black actor for a minor Asguardian role. Doesn't mean that there isn't an ocean of "just as good" actors that actually fit the character's profile though. And even if i think Kim would be somewhat wrong for Namor, i'd still be "okay" with it. He's not the worst choice for it. But there are way better ones too!

lvolcoml- Your argument is whats retarded. Black Panther is Black while last time i checked, Namor wasn't exactly Asian. Could he be a good Namor? Perhaps, still better choices out there. Better choices of characters for Kim aswell as better actors for Namor.
A7
A7 - 5/3/2010, 12:40 PM
he was in spiderman 2
A7
A7 - 5/3/2010, 12:40 PM
he was in spiderman 2
A7
A7 - 5/3/2010, 12:40 PM
he was in spiderman 2
A7
A7 - 5/3/2010, 12:40 PM
he was in spiderman 2
Pyche
Pyche - 5/3/2010, 12:41 PM
Michael Clark Duncan (or is it Duncan Clark?) was a black kingpin. Which didn't bother me, but his acting did. As it also did for Balrog.

Smallville had a black Pete Ross and a part asian Lana Lang, and those didnt' turn out so bad. Some rolls do need to be typecasted for ethnicity, but I dont' think an asian looking Namor would be terrible.

Wong is terrible though. Problem also is the lack of asian heroes.
odie00
odie00 - 5/3/2010, 12:44 PM
you know i also thought namor as a white guy but now that i look at him i could see how he looks kind of asain.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/3/2010, 12:47 PM
the rock for namor as well as black adam.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 5/3/2010, 12:48 PM
im down for him being namor! he's an Atlantean! thats all that matters.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/3/2010, 12:50 PM
A7, was he in Spider-Man 2?:)

He is a great actor, I'd like to see him in a bigger part than Wong aswell since he is a fan.

Pyche
Pyche - 5/3/2010, 12:50 PM
Isn't he half Atlantean? Like Aquaman?
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 5/3/2010, 12:55 PM
Namor's features are more EURASIAN...ala Ra's Al Ghul (comics, not movie)...
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 5/3/2010, 12:57 PM
...and my pick for Dae Kim would be Silver Samurai...there's your major player right there...
jazzman
jazzman - 5/3/2010, 12:58 PM
@Pyche

you forget that Dean Cain whos part asian played Superman
Pyche
Pyche - 5/3/2010, 1:02 PM
Sunfire, Silver Samurai, Radioactive Man

Come to think of it, Yinsin in Ironman wasn't really as Asian as I would've hoped either...

@Jazzman - That's true, i forgot about that. Thanks.
NubaX
NubaX - 5/3/2010, 1:10 PM
Thats kinda F#%^ED UP for you all to say that he should play Wong....I mean What The HELL?

Out of All the Characters he could possibly play...the FIRST thing that you all say is WONG The Tea Servant????

Some things just never change....

So...he says he wants to play a superhero you all want him to play a SUPER SERVANT????
Come on now....


I mean...I can see him as Namor... (he kinda looks Asian anyway...
Namor Pictures, Images and Photos


Heck...they Should cast him for ***Iron Fist***

Iron Fist Pictures, Images and Photos

I know its a White Guy but they can make a Switch with him like they did Nick Fury....
Marvel really does LACK Asian Superhoes unlike DC (Not that I like DC Better cus I DON'T except for Batman)

I

Joker1zero
Joker1zero - 5/3/2010, 1:11 PM
I always found it weird that all these fan casts were of white people for Namor. I always assumed he was asian. None the less, i don't know if this guy could play him.
jazzman
jazzman - 5/3/2010, 1:12 PM
NubaX

whos all of us we agree Wong is the wrong role for Daniel Dae Kim to play.

Ultimate Nick Fury has always been black and his based on SLJ.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 5/3/2010, 1:14 PM
Faust1973@
Im with you man! He is Silver Samurai!:D
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