Suicide Squad Star Relives Marvel’s Worst Performance Ever
By Chris Snellgrove | Published: 2025-10-28 18:25:00 | Source: GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
Written by Chris Snellgrove | Published
Among fans of superhero cinema, it only takes one word to make them burst out laughing: Morbius. Although the character has been around in Marvel Comics for decades, most people associate him with her MorbiusJared Leto’s box-office bomb from Sony whose only real cultural contribution was its rotten memes (“It’s Morbin’ Time!”).
Now, DC star David Dastmalchian wants to play Morbius in the MCU, and Kevin Feige needs to say “yes” because this actor might be the only man who can redeem this complex comedic character.
Sucking the life out of the box office
In Marvel Comics, Morbius is a biochemist who contracts a strange blood disease and experiments so many strange treatments on himself (including injecting samples of vampire bat DNA) that he becomes a living vampire who must feed on the blood of others to stay alive. the Morbius The comic character was widely adapted for the big screen, but the film was a flop: it currently holds a 15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics complaining that almost everything about the film (from its story to its acting to its special effects) was seriously subpar.
However, this did not stop David Dastmalchian from wanting to play the notorious vampire on the big screen. Speaking to The Direct about the MCU roles he’d like to play, the actor didn’t mince words: “I’ve always wanted to do Morbius, the living vampire.” “I would love to have the opportunity to play Dr. Michael Morbius.”
The ultimate veteran comic book movie
This is not as crazy as it sounds because Dastmalchian (known for films like Oppenheimer and Sand Dunes: Part One) has quite a number of actors in the superhero film industry. On the DC side, he is best known for playing the hilarious Pola-Dot Man in the James Gunn film. Suicide Squadalthough he also played one of the Joker’s henchmen (the one who is violently interrogated by Harvey Dent) in Dark Knight. On the Marvel side, he played a shady con man from Eastern Europe Ant-Man And the voice of the alien Veep Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Obsession.
He also voiced both Calendar Man and Penguin in the excellent cartoon for Batman: The Long Halloween. On television, he also played Dwight Pollard in two episodes of the TV series Gotham And the Kadabra cross in two episodes of Flash. Speaking of the Flash, Dastmalchian also voiced the Scarlet Speedster in the two-part crossover film Justice League x RWBY: Superheroes and Hunters.
This experience proves that David Dastmalchian has what it takes to be the leading man in a big budget superhero movie. In addition to his previous appearances on screen Ant-Man The role was simple enough that it wouldn’t be too strange for him to play a completely different character in the MCU. If you still don’t think he has what it takes to play Morbius, then you need to check out the actor’s other filmography.
The best actor whose name you will never remember
In short, Dastmalchian is always one of the most convincing actors when he’s on screen: in a star-studded film. OppenheimerFor example, he immediately stands out as William Borden, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, who is expected to be Oppenheimer’s best friend or worst enemy. in Sand Dunes: Part Oneis barely recognizable as Pieter de Vries, the divorced one scary Subservient to Baron Harkonnen. in Late at night with the devilhe’s quite the attention-grabber in the lead role as a late-night talk show host who invites a possessed girl onto his show, and inadvertently unleashes pure chaos on the world.
Since his short but brilliant performance in Dark Knight (which was his first credited role), David Dastmalchian honed his skills as one of the most intimidating and charismatic actors in Hollywood. After the disastrous failure of Sony Morbius In the movie, it would take someone with this actor’s level of talent and ambition to bring this undead character back to life. Considering that Marvel somehow can’t create a new Blade movie, Dastmalchian as Morbius might be the best way to bring vampires (always a crowd-pleaser) into the world’s most popular cinematic universe.
Marvel has struggled at the box office due to superhero fatigue, and now it’s betting its cinematic universe on an upcoming reboot. If they want the new and improved MCU to appeal to audiences, they need to start taking big creative risks, starting with using David Dastmalchian as one of cinema’s most hated characters. Only he can redeem this character and perhaps even reclaim the most ridiculous phrase ever made by fans: It’s Morbin Time!
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