Keanu Reeves has revealed his dream Marvel role – and it’s none other than Ghost Rider.
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live (via Collider), the John Wick star revealed why he wants to suit up as Ghost Rider in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“I might have lost my nerd card as I got older, but when I was younger, I was pretty nerdy with comics,” he said. “10-year-old me would want to — I think he’d probably want to be Ghost Rider.”
Ghost Rider made his comic book debut in Marvel Spotlight #5 back in 1972. After making a deal with the demonic Mephisto, stuntman Johnny Blaze becomes bound to the Spirit of Vengeance and is granted supernatural powers.
With a flaming motorcycle and a chain made of hellfire, Ghost Rider is renowned for his shocking appearance – the visage of a motorcycle rider with a flaming skull for a head.
Of course, Ghost Rider has appeared on the big screen before, played by Nicolas Cage in 2007.
IGN’s Ghost Rider review gave it 4/10 and said: “As a comic book adaptation, Ghost Rider is largely faithful to the lore, but it makes one fatal alteration. In the comics, Johnny willingly sells his soul to the devil. In the movie, he essentially gets duped; seriously, even the devil knows that a paper cut doesn’t count! Turning Johnny into a victim of circumstance rather than someone who made a mistake and then has to redeem himself robs the character and the film of depth and integrity. That decision was almost as bad as Blackheart’s dialogue. Almost.”
But fans have long wanted Keanu Reeves in the role… and it looks as though the action star isn’t averse to the idea.
“It’s really cool,” he said of the MCU. “I think the way that the Marvel films have developed and what they are is really spectacular, and it would be great to be a part of that.”
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Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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