Guardians of the Galaxy 3: 6 Characters Chukwudi Iwuiji Could Be Playing

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There’s plenty of directors who are known for reusing the same actors between different projects — Quentin Tarantino, the Coen Brothers, and Tim Burton, just to name a few. And of course, James Gunn, director of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and The Suicide Squad, is no exception.

Every film to date that Gunn has directed has featured Michael Rooker and Nathan Fillion in some capacity, while his brother Sean Gunn is another frequent collaborator. Now, Gunn adds another name to his list of recurring stars: Chukwudi Iwuji, who plays Peacemaker’s new boss Clemson Murn in the Peacemaker TV series on HBO Max. And as it was recently announced, Iwuji will be working with Gunn once again on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — the question is, just what Marvel character will he be portraying?

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One of the prominent theories for the identity of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s main antagonist is the High Evolutionary, a major comic villain who has close ties to Adam Warlock, who will be portrayed in the film by Will Poulter. The High Evolutionary, aka Herbert Wyndham, is a master geneticist with incredible cosmic power, whose noble intentions are undermined by a megalomaniacal god complex. The High Evolutionary has been both a dignified benefactor and an unhinged mad scientist throughout his comic history, so he definitely has the potential to serve as a compelling antagonist.

Magus is another villain who’s closely related to Adam Warlock — in fact, he’s an evil Variant of Warlock’s in the comics, hailing from a timeline where he went mad with power and created a vast cosmic empire with himself as tyrannical god-emperor. In last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy video