MCU Phase 4 Avengers: 15 Characters Who Must Appear (And Who Should Play Them)
4. Nova - Joe Alder
Nova is one of the characters who has been requested to join the MCU time and again by fans of Marvel, and with good reason, with the hero being one of the House of Ideas' premiere cosmic champions.
With such a presence in the hearts and minds of fans, many actors have been touted as the correct one to portray Richard Rider, but Joe Alder would be the best choice to play the character on the big screen.
While Nova may now be of an age closer to thirty in the comics, he did begin his career fairly early, being a teenager when he first donned the helmet, so casting Alder would mean that this youthful spirit is echoed on-screen, at least for the character's first few appearances.
Anyway, Spider-Man needs another superhero of his own age to hang out with, at least until the Fantastic Four arrive in the MCU.