{"id":19918,"date":"2022-08-08T18:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1691700"},"modified":"2022-08-08T18:57:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:57:08","slug":"breaking-bads-giancarlo-esposito-teases-future-marvel-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/breaking-bads-giancarlo-esposito-teases-future-marvel-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Bad\u2019s Giancarlo Esposito teases future Marvel role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 08 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Giancarlo Esposito is no stranger to franchises, having recently played <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/the-mandalorian-season-3-release-date-disney-plus\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Mandalorian<\/a> baddie Moff Gideon. And now, it looks like the Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad actor has his sights set on another Disney juggernaut \u2013 the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Who exactly he\u2019ll be playing has yet to be confirmed, but the actor himself revealed he was in talks with Disney about several high-profile roles, including for the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/x-men-mutants-mcu-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">X-Men<\/a>\u2018s imminent MCU debut.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a Q&amp;A on <a href=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@countdowncitygeeks\/video\/7128533809334881582&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TikTok<\/a>, the actor said that he\u2019d been \u201cin a room with them [Marvel] and talked to them,\u201d before expanding on the discussions and offering some pretty exciting names.<\/p> <p>\u201cThere\u2019s been talk of Magneto,\u201d he said, meaning he would take over from Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, who played the younger version of McKellen\u2019s incarnation.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere has been talk of\u2026 who else have they been talking about over there\u2026 oh, Doom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been talk of [Mr] Freeze,\u201d Esposito added, suggesting he\u2019s also been in touch with DC about playing the villain and Batman antagonist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/giancarlo_esposito_moff_gideon-a157750.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Giancarlo Esposito stars in The Mandalorian as Moff Gideon.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Disney<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>But villains are not the only roles Esposito could play, as he revealed Professor X, previously played by James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart, was also in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it wouldn\u2019t be Esposito\u2019s first venture into superhero territory, having played Vought boss Stan Edgar in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/the-boys-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The 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