"Fast and Furious" actor Vin Diesel has shared his thoughts on a possible role in the forthcoming Marvel Comics film "Inhumans."
In his interview with io9 to promote Breck Eisner's upcoming action fantasy adventure film "The Last Witch Hunter," Diesel said that he had heard a lot of talk about Marvel wanting him to play a character that did not have his voice. While his voice was used for the humanoid tree Groot, Diesel said that his presence was used for another character.
According to Cinema Blend, Diesel was referring to the character named Blackagar Boltagon, also known as Black Bolt.
In the comics, Black Bolt is regarded as the king of the Inhumans. The exposure to Terragin 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.