The Punisher
The Punisheractor Ben Barnes has reportedly been in talks for a brand - novel role within theMarvel Cinematic Universe . After some TV appearances , the British - born histrion debut on the big screen door with a minor role in 2007’sStardust . He then went on to more prominent role , star as Prince Caspian in twoChronicles of Narniainstallments . Barnes also landed the titulary role in 2009’sDorian Gray , starring alongside Colin Firth andIron Man 3actress Rebecca Hall .
In recent years , Barnes has had more of a presence on television set . In 2016 , he played Logan Delos on HBO’sWestworld , serving as a member of the company that initially created the crazed park . After play one of the main roles in time of year one , he only recurred in season 2 , as the show in brief explore the side effect of the events from season 1 . More notably , Barnes reverse in a pop and acclaimed public presentation in both seasons of the radical - vehement Marvel / Netflix collaborationThe Punisher . His grapheme , the villainous Billy Russo(aka Jigsaw ) , was killed off at the last of the show . The Punishernever got to cover without him , withNetflix ultimately unload the axe on all it ’s Marvel shows .
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While promoting his new BBC miniseriesGold Digger , Barnes talk withDigital Spyregarding his late tenure with Marvel’sPunisher . enquire directly whether he would ever work with Marvel again , Barnes said that he would absolutely be willing to mistreat back into that universe . He then reveal that such talk have antecedently take station . " I did babble out to them about something this class , but it was a bit too confining to doing The Punisher , I guess , for them . But , you know , they have test copy that you may - particularly if it was on TV , you may go back and do a movie if there ’s a character that ’s right . I was definitely mouth about a couple of superheroes last year . " Unfortunately , while none of those discussions panned out in the long - terminal figure , he has n’t ruled it out for the future - though he stated that it would have to happen sometime soon , as he does n’t want to playact a 50 - yr - old superhero .
Not content with being the architect of the entire MCU , Kevin Feige recently assumed a novel roleat Marvel , taking charge of both the television and strip division . Even before that , however , it was announced that the divvy up universe would branch out into officially - connected TV shows for the first prison term on Disney+ . A identification number of new shows , including aLokispin - off , have already been confirmed for phase 4 . Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan will also reprise their roles in a young show , withThe Falcon and The Winter Soldier , which is currently film .
Previously , it seemed unimaginable for the stars of Marvel TV to make a jump to the official canyon of the moving picture . That style seemed to be broken , however , withLuke CageactorMahershala Ali confirmed to be playing Bladein Phase 5 . As such , the TV shows could assist as a test - ravel and then a potential jumping-off point for actor . Predictably , Barnes omit to cite what office he was allegedly in talks for . ground on his wording and the film ’s eventual molding , however , a safe bet would be that it wasEternals . Still , Barnes will next star in theShadow & Boneadaptation , play the independent resister . And , given that theMarvel Cinematic Universeshows no signs of stopping , there will no doubt be plenty more larger-than-life roles for Barnes to try out for in the long time to follow .
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Source : Digital Spy
