Yahoo Lifestyle Sterling K. Brown reveals he turned down 'bad guy' role on “The Boys”, 'would love' to return to Marvel
"It was very tempting," Brown said. "But a full-season arc, they are in Toronto — it’s tough."
Sterling K. Brown could have broken bad on The Boys, but he says he turned down a season-long villain arc on the popular comic book series.
In a recent interview with Variety, the This Is Us alum and Paradise star revealed that he was heartbroken about saying no to showrunner Eric Kripke's offer (the two had previously worked together on Supernatural).
"I think it was a bad guy [role], because it was very tempting," Brown said. "But a full-season arc, they are in Toronto — it's tough. Listen, these are champagne problems I’m talking about here! But because I'm blessed enough to already have certain things in place, I get a chance to be a bit more choosy [about what projects I do]."
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Brown did not reveal any more details on which role he was offered (and the list of potential villains on the Amazon series is quite long). A representative for The Boys told Entertainment Weekly they had "nothing to confirm" regarding Brown's comments.
Brown got a small taste of comic book adaptations when he appeared in 2018's Black Panther as N'Jobu, King T'Chaka's (John Kani) exiled younger brother and T'Challa's (Chadwick Boseman) uncle. And he's dying to make his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"I feel like Marvel should be like Law & Order — after a certain number of years, you gotta reset, you get to come back," Brown said. "I would love to come back to the Marvel universe, absolutely. Please have me back. Please, please. Thank you."
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This is hardly the first time Brown has made a public plea to play a comic book role. Back in 2017, before he joined the MCU, he tweeted that he wanted to play soldier-turned-superhero John Stewart, a.k.a. the Green Lantern.
"Dear powers that be, if you are looking for someone to play John Stewart, I humbly submit my name," Brown wrote at the time. He signed off with the valediction "Namaste" and the hashtag "#GreenLanternCorps."
Last fall, HBO announced that it cast Aaron Pierre in the role of John Stewart for an upcoming DC superhero series.
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