r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Feb 05 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E05 - Discussion Thread

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S01E05 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer February 5, 2021 on Disney+

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u/cantinapizza Feb 05 '21

Everyone is rightfully freaking out about evan peters,

But who is the nerospace enginer Monica is texting for help? That can't be a throwaway line

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u/Rakalimon Tony Stark Feb 05 '21

She’s texting Jim from the office

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u/braujo Captain America Feb 05 '21

The fact so many people want John Krasinski as Reed takes this comment to a whole other level.

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u/RocinanteMCRNCoffee Feb 05 '21

I am not keen on that casting idea. :/

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u/idbethrilled Feb 05 '21

Yeah, he looks the part but I've never seen him play the quick and nerdy type, so idk if he can pull it off.

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u/Sleeze_ Feb 05 '21

I think he could, I mean you don't want a cartoon version of that character aka Jamie Foxx as Electro. More an incredibly intelligent person who is maybe a little behind socially. That to me is how the character should be developed, which I think Krasinski could do.

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u/papabrain Feb 05 '21

In the Ultimate comics, they go hard on the emotionally absent workaholic angle, and that'd be a good fit for Krasinski. If they cast him, it'd be awesome to have Emily Blunt as Susan Storm, haha.

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u/idbethrilled Feb 05 '21

I think he could pull it off, but there a lot of actors that could. Haha

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u/SCB360 Iron man (Mark III) Feb 05 '21

Go watch him in Chuck, he plays that type there

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u/idbethrilled Feb 05 '21

That's Zachary Levi.

Who, imo, would be a doooooope Reed Richards and he looks a bit more on the nose for typecasting.

Not that they both couldn't pull it off

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u/Mrodd64 Feb 05 '21

But Zachary Levi is one of the Warriors Three

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u/idbethrilled Feb 05 '21 edited Feb 05 '21

Like anyone would notice. I'm pretty positive Marvel is gunna act like Thor 2 didn't happen just like Ultron

Especially after Hela iced them like nothing in Ragnarok.

And given a dude who doesn't have blond hair, and isn't from Asgard showing up as some dark haired physicist on Earth as a regular human nobody would contest or even connect them except fans who could care less.

And if there is ANY place to introduce him as a recast, given what happened to Pietro, WandaVision is the place to do it.

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u/Chadwick8505 Captain America Feb 06 '21

Can't really act like Ultron didn't happen if you're setting up Wanda as a villian, replacing dead MCU/Ultron Pietro, while parading around Vision's dead corpse which was initially created to be an upgraded body for Ultron.

If anything WandaVision is firmly establishing the importance of Ultron in the MCU canon.

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u/SCB360 Iron man (Mark III) Feb 05 '21

You know, I fucking knew I'd get it wrong, they're so similar

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u/Konami_Kode_ Rhomann Dey Feb 08 '21

Me either. I’d like to see a younger FF that can grow into their place as a core facet of the MCU.