{"id":65499,"date":"2025-10-08T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/65499\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:35:07","slug":"beloved-ant-man-actor-wants-to-return-to-marvel-as-new-morbius-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/65499\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Ant-Man Actor Wants To Return To Marvel as New Morbius &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Ant-Man\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ant-Man<\/a> and The Suicide Squad star recently shared thoughts on the kind of Marvel role he\u2019d like to take on next. Known for portraying eccentric and complex characters, he discussed his fascination with darker, horror-driven roles. Speaking at a recent convention, he revealed his dream of playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Morbius\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morbius<\/a> in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>David Dastmalchian wants to be Morbius in the MCU<\/p>\n<p>While talking with <a href=\"https:\/\/thedirect.com\/article\/ant-man-avengers-doomsday-character\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Direct<\/a>, David Dastmalchian revealed that he has \u201calways wanted to take a crack at Morbius, the living vampire,\u201d expressing his enthusiasm for the darker, horror-inspired side of Marvel storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who previously played Kurt in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp as well as Veb in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, said, \u201cI would love the opportunity to play Dr. Michael Morbius. Oh, my God. There\u2019s so many great characters in the MCU, and I\u2019ve always been a fan of the horror and the weirder characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that his fascination extends to Marvel\u2019s supernatural roster, saying, \u201cI love the idea of the Marvel version of Dracula, which I always loved. I thought that any of the monster stuff, the Midnight Suns, the stuff that was part of the old Defenders, would be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dastmalchian\u2019s interest aligns with Marvel Studios\u2019 growing focus on horror-inspired storytelling. The studio has explored this through Werewolf by Night, Moon Knight, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Sony released Morbius in 2022 with Jared Leto in the lead role. The character remains outside the MCU continuity, leaving room for potential reinterpretations in future projects.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Marvel, Dastmalchian has appeared in The Suicide Squad, Dune: Part One, Oppenheimer, Teacher, The Boogeyman, and Boston Strangler. His comments highlight his enthusiasm for returning to the superhero genre from a darker, more monstrous perspective. They also reflect the actor\u2019s long-standing passion for supernatural and unconventional characters in comic adaptations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Ant-Man and The Suicide Squad star recently shared thoughts on the kind of Marvel role he\u2019d like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[53057,48827,156,1016,2528,3993,53058,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-65499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ant-man","9":"tag-david-dastmalchian","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-entertainment-news","12":"tag-marvel","13":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","14":"tag-morbius","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}