WONDER WOMAN Star Chris Pine Shares A Blunt Response When Asked About Possible Marvel Or DC Return

WONDER WOMAN Star Chris Pine Shares A Blunt Response When Asked About Possible Marvel Or DC Return

Wonder Woman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star Chris Pine has shared a blunt response when asked if he's open to a DC or Marvel return, closing the door on Steve Trevor and Spidey in the process.

By JoshWilding - Nov 17, 2023 06:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Woman
Source: ComicBook.com

It appears Chris Pine is done with superheroes. He's spent the past few years being bombarded by questions about Star Trek 4, a movie it's increasingly apparent will never happen (at least not with the original cast). 

Now, though, it seems the time has come for journalists to stop asking the actor about his Marvel and DC roles. 

Pine played Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman, with the character making the ultimate sacrifice in the movie's closing moments in a bid to save the world. He then reprised the role in the poorly received Wonder Woman 1984 through a bizarre set of circumstances that, kind of, saw the World War I hero rise from the dead. 

On the Marvel front, the actor lent his voice to Earth-1610's blonde Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. He died during a battle with The Kingpin, though Pine's voice was heard over the end credits when he sang a now-infamous Christmas song in character as the web-slinging superhero. 

ComicBook.com recently caught up with Pine to discuss his role in Disney Animation's Wish. They asked if he'd be open to returning to either comic book franchise amid all those big changes and Multiversal shenanigans; let's just say you won't need your reading glasses to dive into his lengthy answer!

"No," Pine stated. 

We shouldn't be surprised by this, of course, as it's not the first time Pine has made his desire to move on from these projects. Asked about Wonder Woman 3 (which has since been scrapped by DC Studios) last year, he said, "I think poor Steve is dead, but I wish them all the best on the third one."

That same year, Pine was asked if he was losing any sleep over not being included in Spider-Man: No Way Home. "That's a full team already," Pine acknowledged, referring to Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield. "I'll happily miss out on that."

While his Spider-Man was killed off fairly quickly in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, he still made a lasting impact. The song is one Pine remembers fondly as he noted, "I had a lot of fun singing those songs; it was a great time" (however, he didn't return for any sort of cameo role in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse).

So, that's a "no" to the Captain Kirk actor appearing in the Marvel or DC Universes moving forward. We're not sure why he seems so completely uninterested in the genre, but perhaps he didn't have the best experience in the DCEU?

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TheLobster
TheLobster - 11/17/2023, 6:54 AM
Chris Pine is underrated tbh

Also goddamn WW84 is total [frick]ing shit lol
thewanderer
thewanderer - 11/17/2023, 9:53 AM
@TheLobster - seems like a pretty cool dude too.
TrollHunterTNT
TrollHunterTNT - 11/18/2023, 11:29 AM
@TheLobster - Absolutely. If you haven't seen Hell or High Water give it a go. Everyone in that is excellent. Especially the waitress 😂

And The Contractor wasn't the best movie, but he held that movie together.
TrollHunterTNT
TrollHunterTNT - 11/18/2023, 11:32 AM
@TheLobster - I think my brain deliberately erased WW84 from my mind to make room for more important stuff like how to tie off a garbage bag 🤣

I literally can't remember most of that movie..
LordHarryLatts
LordHarryLatts - 11/17/2023, 6:55 AM
Should have been Hal Jordan.
RolandD
RolandD - 11/17/2023, 7:54 AM
@LordHarryLatts - Yes.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/17/2023, 8:22 AM
@LordHarryLatts - Yes or Nova or The Human Torch.
DarthVanDyke
DarthVanDyke - 11/17/2023, 2:31 PM
@LordHarryLatts - Absolutely
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 11/17/2023, 6:55 AM
He should play cyclops
DarthVanDyke
DarthVanDyke - 11/17/2023, 2:32 PM
@Gabimaru - Never thought of that, but great suggestion.
TrollHunterTNT
TrollHunterTNT - 11/18/2023, 11:24 AM
@Gabimaru - WHOA! Now I can't un-see that. Pine as Cyclops is an excellent suggestion.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/17/2023, 7:00 AM
I really like him in almost every movie, but WW84 is a movie that should be forgotten
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/17/2023, 7:10 AM
These Journalists nowadays are really an issue….

I get that they need clicks and nowadays comic book stuff gets you it for the most part but I feel them asking these questions to actors & directors when they are trying to promote something else is what helps fester resentment and disdain for the genre by some.

Anyway sucks that Pine has no interest for now since i think he could fit characters like an older Hal Jordan for Lanterns that they seem to be going for but oh well , I wish him well for the future.

Batmangina
Batmangina - 11/17/2023, 7:13 AM
His James T Kirk wasn't that bad.

WW was better than expected.

WW84 was an achievement in shitty content creation - it could slot right into 2023 MCU with no problem. It actually kinda feels like when creators would jump to the competition back in the day...

tluciotti74
tluciotti74 - 11/17/2023, 7:13 AM
"So, that's a "no" to the Captain Kirk actor appearing in the Marvel or DC Universes moving forward. We're not sure why he seems so completely uninterested in the genre, but perhaps he didn't have the best experience in the DCEU?"

or maybe he just feels like those characters did what they needed and died so time to move on and not wonder about bringing back dead characters time and time again? Also, he did not say he would not do any comic book related stuff, he said no to those two specific roles
Origame
Origame - 11/17/2023, 8:25 AM
@tluciotti74 - gotta drum up controversy whenever possible.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 11/17/2023, 7:29 AM
I think Pine is a great actor and I love Wonder Woman, but it drove me NUTS hearing him yell out "Diana!" like a thousand times during the film.
Blergh
Blergh - 11/17/2023, 7:58 AM
Totally fair, he gets to do what he wants IMO.
Dude probably made enough money to pick his projects and he deserves that.

I just wish his franchise movies were more successful, D&D was great and I also liked his iteration of Kirk
Forthas
Forthas - 11/17/2023, 7:58 AM
Good. Stick to Star Trek
Amuro
Amuro - 11/17/2023, 8:17 AM
"We're not sure why he seems so completely uninterested in the genre, but perhaps he didn't have the best experience in the DCEU?"

marvel72
marvel72 - 11/17/2023, 8:24 AM
Don't blame him, he was good in the first movie Wonder Woman and he was alright in Star Trek but don't really need him back.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/17/2023, 9:19 AM
I really like him as Steve Trevor. And while he's not in the same realm as William Shatter as Captain Kirk, he was pretty good.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 11/17/2023, 9:28 AM
I’m not a fan of Pine being a hero type, he’s more of a villain or douche jock antagonist.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/17/2023, 11:41 AM


Good for him. Forget that bad stuff.

he would be a good Hellfire Club Sebastion Shaw.

WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 11/17/2023, 9:43 PM
I would like to see him show up in the MCU- and I believe that I remember rumors indicating as such, too.
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