{"id":677009,"date":"2019-08-09T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00531796:4c2e8eb18878a3552cf553717b4a1ed7:arc614x376:w770:us1.png\"\/><div class=\"caption-and-credit clearfix\">\n  \n  <p>Left: Marvel Comics' Magneto. 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Right: Giancarlo Esposito.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/.caption-and-credit--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"29\">Cape Town \u2014 Could Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito portray a reimagined, Rwandan version of infamous X-Men villain Magneto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? Screenwriter Zack Stentz seems to think so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"54\">After a report by MCU Cosmic suggested that Esposito was up for a &#8220;major&#8221; role in the multibillion dollar film franchise, Stentz, screenwriter for Thor and X-Men: First Class, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuseZack\/status\/1158217877108867072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that casting the 65-year-old as a new version of the character with his story rooted in the 1994 Tutsi Genocide would be &#8220;pretty amazing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"76\">Previously portrayed by actors Sir Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, Erik Lehnsherr&#8217;s origin as a Jewish Holocaust survivor was well established both on screen and in Marvel comics. However, considering that the MCU timeline is currently set in 2023 after the events of Avengers: Endgame and that World War II ended 74 years ago, remaining true to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby&#8217;s 1963 story could make age a difficult factor, as We Got This Covered writes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left: Marvel Comics&#8217; Magneto. Right: Giancarlo Esposito. Cape Town \u2014 Could Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito portray a reimagined, Rwandan version of infamous X-Men villain Magneto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? Screenwriter Zack Stentz seems to think so. 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