NEW YORK – Javier Bardem was finally allowed to release a statement after being lured to Marvel HQ by president of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, and it sounds like he’s gotten himself into a pretty big pickle.
“He said he was interested in me for a new project. And when I said I wasn’t too sure about a superhero movie, he said we could chat about it at Marvel HQ. Next thing I know, he knocks me unconscious and I wake up strapped to the Thanos throne prop. Kevin walked in and told me I have one day to think about how I want to call a coin flip. If I get it right he would cast me as Galactus in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie. If not, I would never act again. More specifically, he said he’s going to kill me.”
Bardem went on to say as worried as he is about whether he will get to work with fan-favorite Pedro Pascal, he was more worried about Feige’s ability to tell fact from fiction.
“I don’t want to die, but he told me, ‘You deserve your comeuppance for that coin flip you put that poor old man through.’ Does Kevin think I’m actually Anton Chigurh? Does he think all of his actors are real superheroes? Does he think Vin Diesel is a tree?”
Local Marvel fan Dillon Wright was torn when we asked about his thoughts on Bardem’s precarious predicament.
“I really don’t know where I stand on this at the moment, because Galactus is one of my absolute favorite Marvel villains! But, I think I would rather see an actor I enjoy like Dwayne Johnson or Jason Momoa play him. I just didn’t really love Bardem’s work in ‘No Country for Old Men’ or Skyfall’. It would be nice if he could walk away but if he has to die for the betterment of the MCU, so be it.”
We also received word this wasn’t the only punishment set up to pressure actors to accept MCU roles. If Pedro Pascal hadn’t been as eager for his role, Feige was set to stick him in a room with clicker zombies until he accepted.
