8 Actor/Character Combinations To Bring Oscars To The MCU

4. Joaquin Phoenix - Maximus The Mad

Although Joaquin Phoenix passed on the chance to play Doctor Strange and doesn't really feel compelled to star in any big-budget blockbuster movies any time soon, Marvel Studios shouldn't give up on him. The talented star of movies like Gladiator, Walk the Line and The Master could nail so many characters from Marvel's comic books that it's a must to get him on board eventually. A great role for him could be Maximus the Mad in 2019's Inhumans movie - assuming the character is indeed the villain of the piece, which he is largely expected to be. The role would be one that the fascinating method actor could really throw himself into. Maximus is a bizarre and insane genius with a thirst for power - not too dissimilar in those respects to Phoenix's Commodus character in Gladiator - and you can definitely picture Phoenix in the role, given his appearance. He would undoubtedly be the star of the Inhumans movie as Maximus and, if he was to help make a cinematic success of a such an obscure comic book title with an imposing performance as the psionic Inhumans rogue, he'd deserve an Oscar, quite frankly.