Captain America - Civil War: 10 Characters Martin Freeman Could Be Playing

Much like Paul Rudd, Martin Freeman doesn’t scream superhero, but having an everyman that doesn’t look like a Norse God play a masked crusader is somewhat refreshing. He does, after all, seem like a fairly solid representation of the standard British man, so he might as well embody that while in costume.

This would also represent a continuation of Marvel’s effort to globalize the Avengers. As started in Age of Ultron, the Avengers have established a global presence, so adding new heroes from new regions of the world makes sense. If they wanted to, they could also tie his origin into Malekith’s London invasion during Thor: The Dark World.

If need be, this could also allow him to fill a Speedball-like role on the team. In the comics, it’s Speedball’s poor judgement as an inexperienced hero that leads to a school full of children to be blown up. It would seem almost out of character for one of the existing Avengers to have such a screw-up, so it may be best for a new hero to fulfill that irresponsible role. 

He is owned by Marvel, right?