Captain Marvel Actor Ben Mendelsohn Wants to Play Doctor Doom

Ben Mendelsohn may have a role in the MCU already, but he’s got his sights set on a bigger character: Doctor Doom.

Speaking to GQ, the actor professed his keenness for the role, saying, “I would almost give my eyes and teeth to play Doctor Doom. I think Doctor Doom is the great unread Marvel character that could and should be done. But it is what it is.”

We last saw Mendelsohn in Disney+ series Secret Invasion as Skrull general Talos, who collaborates with Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury to save his people from the Kree empire. But it’s not unprecedented for actors to play multiple roles in the MCU.

Most notably, Gemma Chan played Minn-Erva in Avengers: Age of Ultron before starring as Sersi in The Eternals, while Michelle Yeoh had a brief cameo as Alita Ogord in Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, then played Ying Nan in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Mendelsohn won’t have any regrets if he doesn’t land the Doctor Doom gig, though. He continues, “I got to work with Spielberg, and I got to work with Terrence Malick, and I got to work with Ridley Scott. It’s been incredible. I didn’t think this ship was coming.”

Speaking of which, is that Doctor Doom in the Deadpool And Wolverine trailer?