ALLEGEDLY Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast to play Mephisto aka Marvel’s version of the devil, and that’s not terrible casting at all but I was sort of hoping for something more… out of left field, I guess? Like, Mephisto appears in a MCU project, turns around and the audience goes “What the fuck?” That. I even had a mini-shortlist at one point, believe it or not-
The “Would work but only if no-one knew about it beforehand” selection:
- Tom Hanks
- Meryl Streep
- Morgan Freeman
The “beloved icons who you’d never expect to show up as the literal devil” crowd:
- Dolly Parton
- Mark Hamill
- Keanu Reeves
The ABSOLUTE FUNNIEST option:
- Martin Scorsese