10 Most Interesting Marvel Villains (We Haven't Seen Onscreen Yet)

5. Daken

Now, this one should be a no-brainer, and seems like an obvious fix for Fox's problem of having to recast Hugh Jackman as Wolverine at some point in the next few years. Daken is Wolverine's son, born of Logan and his (first) Japanese wife Itsu. Itsu was killed while heavily pregnant by the Winter Soldier while still under mind control, and Wolvie assumed both his bride and unborn child had both been murdered. Actually, the boy survived and was taken by a villain named Romulus who taught Daken to hate his father and, as such, they haven't had a great relationship since they came face to face. Daken has weird hair and three claws just like his dad, but while two come out of his knuckles, the third on each arm protrudes from his wrists. If Fox were to introduce Daken in a future X-Men or Wolverine movie, they could easily have him as an antagonist before switching up his allegiance for a future movie, a la The Winter Soldier and Bucky Barnes (or so conventional wisdom has so far told us). That way there's no awkward recasting and we get to have a biracial actor playing a major superhero too. Everybody wins!
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