10 Characters Who Should Survive The MCU Reboot With Their Original Actors
Summary
- Avengers: Secret Wars seems set up to soft-reboot the MCU. Several established characters have unfinished business and should remain in the franchise.
- Tom Holland's Spider-Man is at the beginning of a new narrative journey, and it would be a shame not to see that play out.
- Characters like Shang-Chi, Ms. Marvel, Black Panther, Kingpin, Daredevil, Captain Marvel, Blade, and Hulk have untapped potential and important roles to play in the rebooted MCU.
A soft MCU reboot seems inevitable with the advent of Avengers: Secret Wars, which will involve the arrival of some new MCU characters, the reemergence of long-dead ones, and the continued survival of others. When it comes to the latter of the three, there are a plethora of MCU characters who should avoid the multiversal chopping block. Be it through the deeper stories they have yet to tell or the vast potential they have yet to fulfill, the MCU has some unfinished business with plenty of its older characters.
According to Kevin Feige himself, the MCU reboot will allow Marvel to delve deeper into the nigh-infinite amounts of stories Marvel has to tell, as well as provide a fix for some of the biggest MCU mistakes. For some characters, this means readjusting their trajectory, whether it's in the context of a new universe entirely or as a fish out of water surrounded by an unfamiliar host of super-powered beings. What is certain, however, is that these characters – reboot or not – should definitely remain a mainstay of the MCU.
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The MCU's Namor may have deviated from the comics with regard to his origins, but Marvel has created a rich and nuanced character that has yet to shine in the franchise, especially as the anti-hero he's loved for being in the source material. It is very unlikely that Namor will appear again until at least Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, where he will likely be incorporated in the Avengers fold. Beyond that, Namor has been established as a mutant, and as a periodic member of the X-Men in the comics, there is every chance he will make it past the MCU reboot that is set to heavily feature the new X-Men.