Kevin Feige is set to make the announcement at D23 in Anaheim, CA (Sep 9th – 11th), that the following folks have been added to the MCU roster for Phase 5: Henry Cavill, John Boyega, Jodie Comer, Daisy Edgar-Jones, John Krasinski, Giancarlo Esposito, and Denzel Washington. So here’s my spec…
Henry Cavill as Sentry or Captain Britain
John Boyega and Jodie Comer as a reboot of Cloak and Dagger –OR– Boyega as Iron Lad and Comer as Susan Storm.
John Krasinski will clearly return as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic.
Daisy Edgar-Jones is tricky. She could be several characters. I’m thinking Moonstone or Hellcat. I saw an article suggesting that she’s going to play Spider-Woman, but I doubt that unless she’s already on Sony’s payroll, because Sony owns the rights to all things Spider-Man. Someone else on Reddit suggested she could be Rogue, but I don’t know how I feel about that one.
Giancarlo Esposito could play Doctor Doom. He’s got the personality for it, but I don’t know if he could pull off Victor Von Doom. I saw a Screen Rant article from January going over the characters that Denzel Washington could possibly portray. One of the one’s suggested is a villain named Achebe. I know nothing about this character, but just from the picture they chose for the character, I can see Esposito rocking it.
Referencing the same aforementioned Screen Rant article, Denzel Washington could play Mephisto, Blue Marvel, or Hannibal King. My first thought was Mephisto, however there have been whispers of him portraying Magneto. I can’t see him pulling off the nuanced pain and anger of Erik Lensherr.