Benicio Del Toro just joined Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Glenn Close, and (maybe) John C. Reilly. But is he playing Thanos?
Via: Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios has a habit of occasionally casting out-of-the-box actors for its movies. Kat Dennings in Thor and Robert Redford in 2014′s Captain America: The Winter Soldier aren't the sort of actors one might expect to see in a comic book movie. Most famously, pre-Iron Man Robert Downey, Jr. was a quirky character actor with zero box office cred.
With Guardians of the Galaxy, however, co-writer-director James Gunn (Slither) has apparently been given carte blanche to cast his movie pretty much entirely with actors you would never expect to see in a modern comic book movie. Starting with…
Benicio Del Toro as…maybe Thanos? (Oh please, let it be Thanos.)
According to Deadline, Del Toro's unspecified role will extend beyond Guardians, which immediately had me thinking “Oh, so he's Thanos” — i.e. the menacing purple alien who appears at the very end of The Avengers and has a fetish for death.
Marvel won't comment and there are any number of other Marvel characters Del Toro could be instead. But Guardians, which arrives in theaters Aug. 1, 2014, is the Marvel film that precedes The Avengers 2. Casting an actor of Del Toro's stature (and weirdness) in a movie set in space, in a role that will apparently continue on to at least The Avengers 2 — which likely is not set in space — has my brain saying “Thanos Thanos Thanos Thanos” over and over again until it loses all meaning.
Via: Yves Herman / Reuters
Chris Pratt as Star-Lord
He's playing the lead role of Peter Quill, a.k.a Star-Lord, a.k.a. “a half-human, half-alien intergalactic sheriff whose special combat suit protects him in deep space as he draws his twin guns on evildoers,” according to Marvel's official description. Hey, we know the guy can get ripped.
Via: Jesse Grant / Getty Images
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