Giancarlo Esposito wants to play Batman Villain Mr. Freeze

Giancarlo Esposito He built a career in playing some of the most captivating bad people of modern entertainment. From his cooling he turns like Gus Fring breaking Bad to his most recent roles in The Mandalorian, The electrical status AND Captain America: Brave New WorldEsposito seems to have learned the art of the quiet threat.

Recently it appeared as a sidewinder in the MCU, the leader of the serpent Society, but the fans were not exactly enthusiastic about the casting. After years of speculation who could have assumed a role like Magneto or Mister Sinister, some felt that his talents had been wasted on such a lesser character.

But what about the DC universe? Could you have a second chance to play a really iconic villain? Esposito certainly hopes for it.

The actor has now expressed interest in taking on the role of Batman’s bad guy with a cold heart, Mr. Freeze. For years, Victor Fries was said for a return to the big screen, with hypothesis that he could appear in both Matt Reeves’ The Batman Universe or James Gunn’s The brave and the bold.

While I think it would be fantastic in the role, at this point, launching Esposito in another bad role could be too much on the nose. In recent years, it has taken so many antagonist roles that the novelty may not hit as much as they once were. But I can see it in the role.

For those who are not familiar, Dr. Victor Fries, better known as Mr. Freeze, was once a brilliant cryogenic expert. His descent into crime began when a laboratory accident left him unable to survive outside a under zero dress. All his existence revolves around his despair to save his end -of -the -term wife, Nora, who holds frozen in the hope of a day of polymerizing her.

Freeze appeared for the first time as “Mr. Zero” in Batman #121 (1959), later evolving in the version that most fans know today. The character became a family name thanks to Batman: the animated serieswho gave him a tragic, compelling background. And, of course, there is Arnold Schwarzenegger”Infamous punishment sunscreen in 1997 Batman and Robin.

While there is no official freezing confirmation that appears The Batman: Part IIReeves previously shared his thoughts on adapting the character in a rooted way:

“In my opinion, I feel only attracted to finding the rooted version of everything. So for me it would be an interesting challenge to try to understand how it could happen, even the idea of ​​something like Mr. Freeze, is such a beautiful, right story?”

“I think that in reality there is a rooted version of that story, which could be truly powerful and could be really fantastic. So, I love the fantastic side of Batman, but this iteration, of course, while it is, for me, I think it is very faithful to the comics, but I don’t think this is necessarily, it does not lean so hard on the fantastic, I guess.”

“But I think what would be interesting would be to try to relax the fantastic and see, well, how could it make sense here? And therefore it is a bit of my point of view, as I see it.”

With Esposito launches his name in the mix, what do you think of him in the role of freeze?