Could Norman Reedus be the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Ghost Rider?
The Walking Dead star has long been suggested as a potential Ghost Rider – a motorcycle stuntman who has been bound to the Spirit of Vengeance and has gained supernatural powers. Now, it looks as though Reedus himself might be interested.
A recent Twitter post seems to suggest he’s at least thinking about it.
As well as the above tweet, in which Reedus links to a fan-made image of himself as the Ghost Rider, he’s also been liking a lot of tweets from the fans which suggest him for the role of Johnny Blaze.
Additionally, Giant Freakin Robot reports that Norman Reedus has already signed up for Ghost Rider, and will be joining the MCU. The folks at Giant Freakin Robot have a good track record breaking exclusive movie news over the last couple of years – confirming that Ryan Gosling had been cast in the upcoming Barbie movie, among others.
And Reedus himself isn’t shy about his comic book aspirations.
During an interview with ComicBook.com earlier this year, Reedus revealed that he would love to join the MCU as Marvel’s Ghost Rider.
“I want to play Ghost Rider," he confirmed. “The Ghost Rider conversation has been coming up for years, and yeah, tell them to put me in it.”
Ghost Rider was last played by Nicolas Cage in the non-MCU (and critically panned) films, Ghost Rider (2007) and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011). And while it’s unlikely that we’ll see Cage return in the role, Ghost Rider could be a great addition to the MCU. Even if we have seen the character recently in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
After all, with Sony bringing Morbius to the big screen and Marvel working to relaunch Blade with Mahershala Ali, there’s definitely a place for the more supernatural antiheroes such as Ghost Rider to appear alongside them.
Whether or not Reedus lands the comic book role remains to be seen. But it looks as though he’s still interested, at least.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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The Walking Dead star has long been suggested as a potential Ghost Rider – a motorcycle stuntman who has been bound to the Spirit of Vengeance and has gained supernatural powers. Now, it looks as though Reedus himself might be interested.
A recent Twitter post seems to suggest he’s at least thinking about it.
As well as the above tweet, in which Reedus links to a fan-made image of himself as the Ghost Rider, he’s also been liking a lot of tweets from the fans which suggest him for the role of Johnny Blaze.
Additionally, Giant Freakin Robot reports that Norman Reedus has already signed up for Ghost Rider, and will be joining the MCU. The folks at Giant Freakin Robot have a good track record breaking exclusive movie news over the last couple of years – confirming that Ryan Gosling had been cast in the upcoming Barbie movie, among others.
And Reedus himself isn’t shy about his comic book aspirations.
During an interview with ComicBook.com earlier this year, Reedus revealed that he would love to join the MCU as Marvel’s Ghost Rider.
“I want to play Ghost Rider," he confirmed. “The Ghost Rider conversation has been coming up for years, and yeah, tell them to put me in it.”
Ghost Rider was last played by Nicolas Cage in the non-MCU (and critically panned) films, Ghost Rider (2007) and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011). And while it’s unlikely that we’ll see Cage return in the role, Ghost Rider could be a great addition to the MCU. Even if we have seen the character recently in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
After all, with Sony bringing Morbius to the big screen and Marvel working to relaunch Blade with Mahershala Ali, there’s definitely a place for the more supernatural antiheroes such as Ghost Rider to appear alongside them.
Whether or not Reedus lands the comic book role remains to be seen. But it looks as though he’s still interested, at least.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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