The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus Hints He’s Taking On Major Marvel Role
Norman Reedus may be best known for his role as Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead, but the actor may be set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In a recent interview, Reedus hinted that he’s taking on a major Marvel role.
Talking to the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor was asked if the rumours are true that he’ll be joining the MCU as a major character. Reedus said: “If it is the case, I don’t know quite yet – but would I like to? Yeah, absolutely.”
He added: “I have been such a big fan of the Marvel world since I was little, so the opportunity to be in one of the movies would be amazing.
“Can we start the petition – can we do the petition?”
According to reports, Marvel is working on a new Ghost Rider film and that the studio may have even cast its Johnny Blaze; Norman Reedus has been agreeing with fans that he would be an excellent choice for the part.
The Walking Dead star caused a stir by liking numerous tweets celebrating the news, following reports claiming Marvel Studios had chosen Reedus as the flamming stunt motorcyclist on Twitter.
Among the tweets liked by Reedus are tweets such as, “Hell yeah, I’m all for Norman Reedus being the MCU Ghost Rider”, “norman reedus as ghost rider? i’m on my knees”, and “As an early adopter of the ‘Norman Reedus should be Ghost Rider’ movement, I finally feel seen now that the entire internet is in agreement over this.”
— norman reedus (@wwwbigbaldhead) December 28, 2021
So, he’s definitely game.
Norman Reedus has previously expressed his adoration for Marvel’s anti-hero, with the actor previously doing so, telling ComicBook.com that he wants “to play Ghost Rider”.
“The Ghost Rider conversation has been coming up for years, and yeah, tell them to put me in it,” he said. “So, I don’t know, call somebody, make that happen. I want to do it.”
“I want a fire skull,” he added, understandably. “I want my face to turn into a fire skull and whip a chain around. That would be great.”
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About Ghost Rider:
The Ghost Rider is the name of a character that Marvel Comics has published since the 1970s. Originally, the Ghost Rider was Johnny Blaze. As the story goes, Blaze made a deal with the devil to spare his father from dying in exchange for his own soul and would be transformed into the Ghost Rider.
Ghost Riders have been featured in various forms of media such as television shows and video games. In 2012, Ghost Rider starred in their own live-action movie with Nicolas Cage portraying Johnny Blaze/Ghostrider.
The most recent incarnation of the character is Robbie Reyes who debuted in 2016’s All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #14 and stars in 2017’s The New Spirit Of Vengeance: Part One comic book series by writer Ethan Sacks and artist Juan Gedeon.
Ruggedly handsome, the Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus has the perfect countenance of the famed Ghost Rider.
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ABOUT THE WALKING DEAD
The Walking Dead was created by Robert Kirkman. The comic book series first started to be published in 2003 and is still being published today. The television series adaptation of the comics premiered on October 31, 2010 on the cable network AMC. The show has since become the most watched series in the history of the cable network.
The show is set in the fictional world of the United States of America, in the state of Georgia. It follows a group of survivors, led by Rick Grimes, after the zombie apocalypse.
The zombies, colloquially known as the “walkers”, are the main threat to the characters in the series.
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