Vin Diesel may play Black Bolt in Marvel's "Inhumans." (Photo : Instagram/bosslogix)
"Fast and Furious" actor Vin Diesel has teased his potential role as the Inhuman Black Bolt.
In his interview with IGN after his silent performance, Diesel said that if he has said a word, he would have leveled all of London. The actor also said that playing two roles, a voice of one thing and presence for another would have been "pretty genius."
Diesel added that his father told him to "stay human" at the end of the e-mail the latter would send. The actor also teased if his father was trying to tell him that he had been affected by Terrigen Mist. In the comic books, Terrigen Mist is a substance that is capable of changing Inhuman biology, giving them extraordinary powers.
According to Cinema Blend, Diesel playing the Inhuman Black Bolt was still unconfirmed for the time being. However, it is assumed that Diesel would push his campaign for the role of the Inhuman, with others potentially would do it for him.
Black Bolt is regarded as the alpha of the Inhumans in the comics. The exposure to Terrigen Mist gave him extraordinary and threatening abilities, such as the ability to harness electrons. Black Bolt's speech center in his brain can manipulate electrons, in which a simple whisper can wreck a house. As a result, Black Bolt is enforced to keep quiet at all times, even while asleep.
Aside from a potential role in Marvel's "Inhumans," Diesel is set to appear in James Gunn's superhero sci-fi "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2," D.J. Caruso's action thriller film "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage," Ang Lee's war drama "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," and F. Gary Gray's crime thriller "Fast and Furious 8."
"Inhumans" centers on an isolated community of people with unique abilities, fighting to defend themselves. No director has been attached to helm the film at this point while "Black Panther" screenwriter Joe Robert Cole is on board to pen the film script.
At this point, exact details on the plot, characters, and cast are yet to be revealed.
Marvel's "Inhumans" is slated to premiere in theaters in the United States on July 12, 2019.
