Rumors that Colman Domingo might join the MCU, possibly replacing Jonathan Majors as Kang, have been around for months. The two-time Oscar nominee has even expressed interest in doing so. But Marvel went in a different direction, casting Robert Downey Jr. to play Doctor Doom, and seemingly sending Kang into the trash bin.
How close was Domingo to actually taking on the role, though? Speaking with Josh Horowitz, Domingo admitted that he spoke with Marvel after the rumors became too loud to ignore.
“Listen, after a while, when it was constantly in the press and on places like Twitter, I was like, ‘Wait a minute, is this true? Am I being talked about for Kang?'” the actor said. “I called up my team and said, ‘Are you having conversations I don’t know anything about?’ They [said], ‘No.'”
“There had been conversations about me coming into Marvel in some way so we did follow up with a sit-down meeting with the heads of Marvel, so I did do that,” Domingo confirmed. We talked openly about the landscape of Marvel and even the Kang rumours.”
So while the discussions took place, Domingo ultimately felt like it wasn’t the right fit to replace Majors…
“I personally knew, I’m just all about energy and want to do things that make sense and bring gentle energy…I want a role to be mine, whatever that role is. Whatever I develop something doesn’t feel right about me [replacing someone].”
“I want to build something from the ground up that’s my own. [Kang] was never a conversation from my point of view. If I was discussed, I still don’t know…there’s still talks,” Domingo said.
That said, Domingo is still part of Marvel by voicing Norman Osborne in the animated Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It’s a role that he says will see Osbornei evolve “nto the Green Goblin in the coming seasons.”
Coming up for Domingo is his second straight Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance in Sing Sing.
