David Tennant Admits He Was Disappointed To Miss Out On Marvel Role

David Tennant has admitted he set his sights on a key Marvel role in an upcoming film, but missed out on the part he wanted.

The former Doctor Who star recently put in an appearance at London’s ComicCon, where he took part in a Q&A that allowed fans to put their questions to him.

As part of the conversation, one guest asked David if there were any superhero roles he’d ever hoped to land.

“I think in terms of supervillains I got the best one with Kilgrave,” he responded, referring to his character in Netflix’s TV adaptation of Jessica Jones.

However, he then admitted that he’d hoped to be cast in Marvel’s upcoming reboot of the Fantastic Four series.

“In terms of superheroes, I did slightly have my eye on Reed Richards. and unfortunately it looks like they’ve gone in a different direction,” he admitted.

For those not in the know, Reed Richards is the alter-ego of the Fantastic Four’s leader Mister Fantastic, who is set to be played by Pedro Pascal in Marvel’s next big-screen outing.

Thankfully, David doesn’t seem too upset about losing out on the role to the former Last Of Us actor, insisting: “If it has to be someone I’m very happy for it to be Pedro Pascal.”

Pedro will make his first appearance as Mister Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, where he’ll be joined by The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman, Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn as Human Torch, and The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing.

While the movie is slated for release next month, it’s been confirmed that the quartet will also be appearing among the all-star cast of Avengers: Doomsday, which will bring together classic faces and newer additions to the MCU on screen for the first time.

Robert Downey Jr will make his debut as Doctor Doom, returning to the franchise in which he previously played Iron Man, while Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romjin and Patrick Stewart will reprise their roles from the X-Men movies.