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8 Characters That Matt Smith Could Play In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Matt Smith recently made headlines when he stated his interest in having a role in a Marvel movie. Of course, this sent shockwaves across the Internet, resulting in everyone and their mother putting in their own two cents about whom the former 11th Doctor should play. It was only a matter of time, too. Playing the Doctor gets you a large amount of nerd cred and Marvel hasn’t been shy about courting former Doctors for their projects. The 9th Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, played the villain in Thor: The Dark World (who was unfortunately so unmemorable that it’s not worth mentioning his name), and the 10th Doctor, David Tennant, played Kilgrave in the first season of Jessica Jones and cemented himself into one of the club of the MCU's best baddies.

Moon Knight

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One of the characters that fans agree would be perfect for his own Netflix show is the wonderfully weird Moon Knight. He’s equal parts quirky and violent in his methods in handling crime. The best way to describe him would probably be listening to his own reasoning for why he wears a bright white costume:

“I don’t wear white to hide myself, I wear it so they’ll see me coming. So they know who it is, ’cause when they see white it doesn’t matter how good a target I am. Their hands shake so bad, they couldn’t hit the moon.”

Although he’s often described as Marvel’s version of Batman, the character’s psychological issues go way deeper than Bruce Wayne’s dead parents trauma. When Moon Knight started out, he had not one alter-ego, but three of them! His normal, yet tortured Marc Spector, the billionaire Steven Grant, and the one-time cabbie Jake Lockley.

Later arcs had Moon Knight always struggling with who he actually was and never being sure which identity was the real one. Can you imagine a show where Matt Smith plays a badass vigilante, but also someone grappling with three very different personalities? It would require a hugely talented actor to take on the role and Smith would be a solid choice to handle all the different elements that make Moon Knight such a likeable character.


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