{"id":526248,"date":"2026-04-12T03:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526248\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:45:09","slug":"the-mcus-original-sentry-actor-could-still-have-a-marvel-future-after-recasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526248\/","title":{"rendered":"The MCU’s Original Sentry Actor Could Still Have a Marvel Future After Recasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026 is proving to be a huge year for film and television\u2014especially superhero films, with Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> slated for release this December. It\u2019s rumored that Doomsday will be the biggest Avengers film to date, no small shoes to fill after the ensemble madhouses that were Infinity War and Endgame. And with the second season of the critically acclaimed Beef debuting soon, it\u2019s no wonder that the actor who starred in the first season of the series, and almost starred in the MCU, is back on people\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n

Steven Yeun, who skyrocketed to fame playing fan-favorite Glen Rhee on The Walking Dead, captivated and repulsed critics and audiences alike with his performance as Danny in Beef. And now the fact that he almost starred as Sentry in Thunderbolts*<\/a> is back at the forefront, and people are curious if there\u2019s any chance for Yeun to appear in the MCU, or possibly, the X-Men. The answer? \u201cI love Steven very dearly, and he\u2019s one of the very best actors that we have, so, I mean, I would never not be looking for places to [cast him]\u2014but no specifics,\u201d says Jake Schreier<\/a>, the director of Thunderbolts*<\/a> and the upcoming X-Men film, who also worked on Beef alongside Yeun.<\/p>\n

Yeun Would Be an Incredible Addition to the MCU<\/p>\n

\"Steven<\/p>\n

Speaking about his experience working with Schrier, as well as whether he\u2019d seen Thunderbolts*, Yeun told MovieWeb, \u201cI did. I love Jake, Jake Schreier, incredible human director. I did [see it] and I never say never. I\u2019m around.\u201d The reason that Yeun didn\u2019t play Sentry? Scheduling conflicts that emerged after the 2023 writers\u2019 and actors\u2019 strikes, and the role ultimately ended up going to Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick). There have been some dramatic exits from the MCU, so knowing that Yeun\u2019s was amicable means that there\u2019s definitely potential for him to return, especially as Schrier is responsible for the universe\u2019s future with the X-Men.<\/p>\n

Speaking about what he plans to do with the X-Men, Schrier says, \u201cWe are aiming to do something that feels like a fresh start and going for something that feels new. And, really, something that Kevin has pushed for is this idea of, \u2018What can we do within this world?\u2019 It\u2019s such a massive world, and I\u2019ve spent the year just rereading a ton of it, like the entire [Chris] Claremont run and so many different \u2026 the great work that Grant Morrison did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Would you like to see Steven Yeun in the MCU? What role would you like to see him in? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. And don\u2019t forget to check out the ComicBook forum<\/a> to see what other Marvel fans are saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 is proving to be a huge year for film and television\u2014especially superhero films, with Avengers: Doomsday slated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,6461,2839,1092,151047,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-526248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-regular-news","12":"tag-thunderbolts-2025","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}