Vin Diesel Ready To Suit Up As Marvel Villain, But Which One?

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Vin Diesel Ready To Suit Up As Marvel Villain, But Which One?
Published 8/28/2008 by Casey Seijas at MTV Movies Blog
FROM SPLASH PAGE: In a recent interview with MTV, Vin Diesel was asked — given his stock as an action film star — why he hasn’t made the foray into comic book movies. While he gave numerous reasons, Diesel made it clear that he’s looking for a unique take on comic book films. Meaning? He wants to play a certain mysterious Marvel villain…and a complex one at that. Check out his full answer in the video after the jump, and then read our speculation as to who he’s talking about. Read More… ...

Vin Diesel Wants To Play Marvel Villain
Published 8/28/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... that he hasn’t done a comic book film to date because he’s holding out for a role where he can play the villain as the protagonist. He mentioned that he had a character in mind, but wouldn’t say. I would guess that he is thinking about Venom, but it’s impossible to know. Everything he said could be false. This article may be false. Trust no one. For those of you that would like to see the interview for yourselves, please go to the source article over at MTV ...

Vin Diesel to Play a Marvel Super-Villain? [Interviews]
Published 8/29/2008 by Rob Hunter at Film School Rejects
... Please note the question mark in the title above as there has been no official announcement regarding Vin Diesel playing a super villain in the Marvel universe… but that may change soon if he has anything to say about it. MTV sat down with Diesel to talk about his new movie, Babylon A.D., and discovered one of his dream roles instead. After inferring that Diesel himself is cartoonish and larger than life (my interpretation anyway) the interviewer asked “Why the hell have we not seen you do one of these [comic book films]?” The always modest Diesel ...

Vin Diesel Wants To Be A Supervillain Too [Vin Diesel Goes Dark]
Published 8/29/2008 by Meredith Woerner at io9
... we are familiar with in Marvel and showing the complexities of..." Diesel has one in mind but he's not revealing who it is just yet. What's our guess? Red Skull, he's such a bad dude that it might be the break out character that Diesel is looking for, there is nothing redeeming about Captain America's Nazi enemy. Plus we know that they're making the Captain America film so it could be possible. For the video interview and a few other villainous suggestions check out MTV's Spalsh Page. ...