The events of Avengers: Infinity War didn’t exactly leave a ton of heroes or even supporting characters from the MCU for Endgame. But what if one classic Marvel character survived “the Snappening?” A classic Marvel character we haven’t seen yet: the original loudmouth of the Marvel Universe, Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson, as played by J.K. Simmons.
What would it be like if J. Jonah Jameson was in ‘Avengers: Endgame’?
J.K. Simmons reprised his ‘Spider-Man’ character to give us a taste.
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Simmons appeared as a guest on a recent segment of the Lights Camera Barstool podcast. He who will be forever beloved by comic book fans for his spot-on portrayal of Peter Parker’s boss J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s original Spider-Man trilogy showed us just how the blowhard newspaper man would have led a newsroom meeting in the wake of Thanos’ decimation. We’re kind of living for it and would pay cash to see a scene like this in Avengers: Endgame.
For anyone who had ever read an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, Simmons’ version of the Daily Bugle’s Editor-In-Chief felt like seeing a Steve Ditko illustration come to life. Jameson hasn’t appeared in the MCU yet, but who could do better? Our vote is to cast Simmons for whenever Jameson does appear.
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Just look at this podcast appearance as an unusual audition. Sure, it’s weird to have one actor play the same version of a character in very different continuities, but it’s not unprecedented. Dame Judi Dench played M in the Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies, and then played another version of the same character for the Daniel Craig starring 007 movies. It’s been done…in a way. We can think of way worse things than having Simmons back and shouting about Spider-Man pictures as good old J. Jonah Jameson.
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