Heh, wow - well...that version of Kang (Immortus) was killed so that one should be gone....only variants remain so he likely should be acting differently going forward. Personally, I would have cast Lance Reddick, Arnold Vosloo or Oded Fehr for the role.
My Kang/Reed/Doom picks somewhat overlap, but for Kang specifically my Top 3 were Mark Strong, Billy Zane and Alexander Shiddiq. I tried to stick close to the Mediterranean and also pick some recognizable names. Because as I've said, I feel that Kang's ties to the Antiquity are important, so I can't picture him in a different way. But if they had to cast a black man, there were much better choices, like Lance Reddick as you mentioned. Or Christopher Judge. Mahersala Ali would've been absolutely great, if he wasn't already Blade. That's what I'm trying to get across, they have a certain aura about them, more grace. The guy they got is like an average joe from down the street.
You sound inordinately hard to please, yeah. (Also the first I’ve ever heard critical of Boseman’s casting).
Well, most Black Panther "fans" online are just casuals who maaaaybe read the absymal Hudlin run and then jumped on the even worse Coates one. I grew up with the Priest run, so I prefer T'Challa as a more moral Doom and Namor. Boseman's was too neutered. How much is on him, and how much is on the writing, I don't know. But the supergenius strategist King I knew was nowhere to be seen in the MCU.
Don’t know why you’d think this wasn’t a beautiful man.
He’s a traditionally attractive black man.
Eh, I don't agree. Tastes vary and all, but I don't see it. He's got a good body, and he's ~6'0" so he's not a manlet like most actors they get, but I wouldn't call him handsome. Black, white, Asian, whatever; to me a handsome person is a handsome person. He looks too goofy and his features don't mesh together. Djimon Hounsou is what I'd call a traditionally attractive black man. Idris Elba, Mahersala Ali and Eamon Walker off the top of my head too. But "black" is too broad a term. Western Africans are different from Eastern Africans for example. It's why I don't much dwell on such labels. Either someone's handsome, or they're not, by any metric.
I wouldn't cast him for someone like Blue Marvel either (to be fair, either you get Denzel for BM or go home). He just doesn't have that air around him. I could see him as a Moses Magnum or Mentallo type. But Kang's just such a convulted character with a very specific air around him that I can't see literally anyone playing him.
I keep an open mind. I remember when Michael Keaton was type-cast in comedies, and he turned into my favorite live-action Batman. I wasn’t sure I was okay with “frat boy” Chris Evans being Captain America after the disastrous Human Torch, and he’s one of my favorite MCU heroes now.
I'll give you Keaton, but Evans had the build and he'd played other characters beyond the fratboy before. I'll admit that I'm a bit too hard to please, but in this case I can't see it. The guy they got for Namor is very different from what I'd have gone with, but there are pictures where he's got that arrogant air, so I can see something in him and am willing to give him a shot. Majors, I gave him until his Loki episode, I watched some of his movies, but I just can't do more.
I would absolutely be opened minded about a Bill Hader Batman, Rachel McAdams Wonder Woman, or Ben Stiller Iron Man. I’ve CERTAINLY seen worst casting choices.
Well, I suppose we're different there. I'd not give either of those the benefit of the doubt. I could see Stiller as Reed Richards for example, but Stark? No way. It's like getting Jesse Plemons for Xavier, or Matt Damon for Hercules or something.
