It's been about a month since Timothy Olyphant as Magneto was suggested. Let's keep it going. He's perfect isn't he?

Originally posted using AI to combine these pics, but people got angry. So I just combined then the old fashioned way. No AI

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thedancingwireless2025-10-13 22:10

Why is he perfect? Because he has grey hair?

ItsMeBenedickArnold2025-10-13 22:14

Yeah bro he has AuRa

jamesbondswanson2025-10-13 22:15

He’s a great actor. And having that sexy salt and pepper daddy vibe is a massive bonus

jordanrhys2025-10-13 22:30

To be honest he isn’t really a good actor at all

ConnerBartle2025-10-13 22:39

to be honest, what you just said hurt my feelings.

Sunny-Chameleon2025-10-13 22:40

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N8CCRG2025-10-14 00:17

He was so incredible in Alien: Earth recently that a lot of us are itching for him to be in *something*, and yeah, the hair is why Magneto.

thereelsuperman2025-10-13 22:11

Gimme Dermot Mulroney

p_swagger2025-10-13 22:14

Nah we need a Jewish actor for magneto and someone with a lot of presence. Maybe someone like Daniel day Lewis though we would probably never do a big franchise.

Necessary_Piccolo2102025-10-13 22:31

Huh, TIL DDL is Jewish!

VengeanceKnight2025-10-13 22:42

I would have cast DDL as Doom, but I will also happily accept him as Magneto.

FX1142025-10-13 22:50

Yeah, we finally got a Jewish Thing, it's time for a Jewish Magneto (unless they change his background, which I would also support).

p_swagger2025-10-14 00:00

Idk how I’d feel if they changed his background. It’s so important to his story

MystifiedBeef2025-10-13 22:53

Why does it matter if the actor is Jewish or not? Neither Ian McKellan nor Michael Fassbender are Jewish. I understand that it’s important to the character, but just get the best actor possible.

p_swagger2025-10-13 23:42

Ian and Micheal were great but I think if we are going to cast a new actor and since we live in a more diverse time, we should get a Jewish actor because of how important it is to the character. Same thing with some being upset with RDJ being doom instead of a Romani actor though I feel is a little less important than magneto being Jewish. Very crazy I know but it’s like if Ryan gosling played T’challa, is he a great actor, yes. Is he the best choice for T’challa, definitely not.

HereForGoodReddit2025-10-13 22:18

I’ll be honest…I don’t like this

ChaseballBat2025-10-13 23:19

I'm going to say something controversial, but I don't think he's a great serious actor. I think he can do dramody very well, but I don't see him filling a very serious role such as magneto, which just doesn't do anything comedic.

HereForGoodReddit2025-10-13 23:24

No, I’m with you…there’s a gravity to magneto that needs to be captured …not that I’m suggesting them for magneto but the gravity thing, guys like Denzel, daniel day Lewis, Javier bardem, Cranston…I’d want the actor to bring that edge of your seat tension that I agree with you I don’t see in Olyphant

SebastianFast2025-10-14 00:47

Timothy has gravitas. Did everyone just fucking forget deadwood and justified. I'm not certain I like him for magneto but he can carry a scene.

Live_Answer_38752025-10-13 23:58

You haven’t seen justified or alien earth then. Also it’s “dramedy” if that’s what you were trying to say.

Upbeat_Tension_80772025-10-13 22:18

I think he would be a better fit for the Carter Slade version of Ghost Rider

Optimus_Prime_102025-10-13 23:19

Ooh, I like this so far. Is he old enough?

Different-Medicine892025-10-13 22:19

Looks like him

gadget8502025-10-13 22:21

Young Clint Eastwood as Wolverine

implodingnerd2025-10-13 22:44

Scott Eastwood?

unsupported2025-10-14 00:39

Younger. Let's start a campaign to have Scott impregnate Sydney Sweeny and bring forth the chosen one to break the Seventh Seal.

NugglyFuggs2025-10-13 22:22

He’s not Jewish, it’s a non starter.

Spire-hawk2025-10-13 22:44

He also doesn't have powers of magnetism either! Any other absurd qualifications you want insist upon?

NugglyFuggs2025-10-13 22:47

It’s absurd to say that a Jewish person should play the most prominent Jewish comic book character of all time?

depressedwolfchild2025-10-13 23:05

No, but considering that neither of the previous actors that played said character are Jewish, it does seem a little unnecessary to insist on it now.

NugglyFuggs2025-10-13 23:08

I wasn’t alive when they cast the first one, and wasn’t aware of the history of the character when they cast the second. Had I been, I’d’ve insisted upon it then too.

depressedwolfchild2025-10-13 23:14

I personally think there are simply more important factors when it comes to casting. For example, is the Jewish person even a good enough actor? If not, then, from business standpoint, he won't be the right choice for the character. At the end of the day, it will be about immersion. As in, can you buy that the guy in a funny looking metal helmet is Jewish? If the answer is yes, I don't see a problem with the actor not practicing the same faith in his personal life.

NugglyFuggs2025-10-13 23:18

I think, when handling a subject like the Holocaust, it is irresponsible to not take into account the role Jewishness plays in the character of Magneto. I’m not sitting here saying to cast an untalented Jewish actor. It’s castings job to find the Jewish actor who’s talented enough to play the role.

ChaseballBat2025-10-13 23:32

If he were a holocaust survivor he'd be at the least 80 years old, assuming he was born the day WWII ended

NugglyFuggs2025-10-13 23:33

Damn, I guess the guy who has the power of magnetism is gonna be unrealistic, shame.

FX1142025-10-13 22:51

I love when people compare real things to ones that are made up.

ChaseballBat2025-10-13 23:50

Like comparing an real life actor to a comic book character?

Chiefmeez2025-10-13 22:22

Nah I like him but no part of him makes me think of Magneto

InstantN00dl3s2025-10-13 22:30

I don't know, Magneto sashaying on screen, hands delicately placed on his hips before some not-so-thinly veiled threats could work. He also has experience down the mines...

Important questions are 1) will he wear a Stetson and 2) will Walton Goggins be Professor X?

msmouse052025-10-13 23:10

Storm: I still don't understand how you can believe anything Magneto says!

X: We dug coal together.

InstantN00dl3s2025-10-13 23:27

I wonder if Damon Herriman (Dewey Crowe) can get jacked to play Wolverine.

SamwellBarley2025-10-13 23:46

No to Timothy Olyphant as Magneto _unless_ Walton Goggins is Professor X

If we could also somehow get Danny McBride involved...

Here2BeeFunny2025-10-14 01:05

Danny McBride as Captain Britain!

Zahand2025-10-14 00:29

No part of me thought Heath Ledger could pull off The Joker but he did. Let's not dismiss so one because they don't give the right feel. They are actors after all, their job is to act

Chiefmeez2025-10-14 00:48

That doesn’t mean people aren’t allowed to not see the vision someone else sees. For every Heath Ledger’s Joker there’s another failed casting people would have bet their life on.

They are people after all, and everyone can’t do everything.

fiascoist2025-10-13 22:23

Has the looks? Sure. Right for the role? No.

prince-hal2025-10-13 22:24

Jason isaacs please

vaporking232025-10-13 22:28

Now that’s a real pick for magneto.

SoylentCreek2025-10-14 00:44

Fuck, that could be good. Looks the part, phenomenal actor, AND he’s Jewish.

mattxb2025-10-13 22:33

Perfect

SqueakyTHROWER2025-10-13 22:46

He’s perfect. He looks like an older version of Michael Fassbender, and also a younger version of Ian McKellan.

Young Ian Mckellan
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Jason Isaacs
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EyeAmBack2025-10-13 23:13

Excellent choice.

AmNoSuperSand522025-10-13 23:54

Oh shit

zackdaniels932025-10-13 22:28

Nope. You need a Jewish actor, or someone who can convincingly pass as Jewish in the absence of that. Olyphant is neither of those things, and to be honest he's never been a good choice for villains/ antiheros.

vaporking232025-10-13 22:31

Eh he has a very specific aura about him. He was a “villain/bad guy” in the girl next door and it definitely worked. He can be a villain but he’s not an imposing villain he’s more like a psycho villain if that makes sense. He wouldn’t make sense for magneto who is an imposing larger than life figure.

FX1142025-10-13 22:52

He could honestly kill another Cape Fear remake.

vaporking232025-10-13 23:28

Oh I could totally see that. Also that’s a movie I have heard named in a long time. I gotta go look for it now.

FX1142025-10-13 23:35

I personally prefer the original, but the remake is good as well. They're a solid double feature!

vaporking232025-10-13 23:36

I just saw that it was a remake I didn’t know that. Gonna get the original too.

FX1142025-10-13 23:51

Robert Mitchum is *so good* in the original. Ironically there's a man who could have been a great Magneto.

PirateBeany2025-10-13 23:27

>or someone who can convincingly pass as Jewish

If the actor isn't actually Jewish, why is "passing as Jewish" the next best thing? What does "passing as Jewish" even mean?

Do you mean they should be shown performing Jewish religious and cultural practices? That's up to the scriptwriters.

Or do you mean he should *look* Jewish? In which case, does Max Eisenhardt "look Jewish" in the comics? OP's post seems to be based on a superficial resemblance between a non-Jewish actor and Magneto. Did the comic-book artists draw Magneto wrong?

zackdaniels932025-10-13 23:31

Looking Jewish would be good, but if they're not Jewish I just need them to be convincing enough of an actor to sell it. It's arguably the most important trait of the character.

unsupported2025-10-14 00:40

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Klangaxx2025-10-13 22:28

I don't see it, other than the hair color.

Dave_B0012025-10-13 22:30

That first picture looks like Josh Duhamel.

Dexter792025-10-13 22:48

There is a funny story behind that.

https://youtube.com/shorts/M_3PF43Vbkg?si=sVxI3ktlDZlaZL9U

Dave_B0012025-10-13 22:49

I know. That is why I put the comment in.

Dexter792025-10-13 22:51

Ah gotcha.

Dave_B0012025-10-13 22:53

Still if anyone hasn't heard the story they can thank you for sharing it. Win win.

mcmanus20992025-10-13 22:30

Do ppl just go off of hair and faces now and not on acting style? Olyphant is a great actor in the right role but he'd be atrocious as Magneto.

FX1142025-10-13 22:53

It's been that way for a long time. Remember when everyone wanted Bryan Cranston to be Lex Luthor just because he has an iconic shaved head role?

Little_Christopher_D2025-10-14 01:09

I actually thought Bryan Cranston should have been Kang

Temporary-Exit-52862025-10-14 00:16

He is menacing in alien earth

Can definitely play the cold and calculating character

_Marvillain2025-10-13 22:30

I don’t think so. I’m a big fan of him and don’t see him as Magneto. A person looking like a character doesn’t mean they fit the character. Many of the fan casts I see seem to be more based on looks than acting.

MR11202025-10-13 22:32

I LOVE Olyphant as an actor, and while I can see the physical similarities, nothing about has acting style really translates to Magneto, in my opinion. I can’t picture Raylan Givens or Cobb Vanth (who was just Space Raylan, and it was awesome) under Magneto’s helmet, giving awesome, heavy Magneto speeches. The accent and vibes are just wrong.

HearTheEkko2025-10-13 22:33

Too young imo. It should be someone in his mid/late 60’s.

jim91622025-10-13 22:43

Easier to age someone up then age them down

busmans2025-10-13 22:37

Fancasting just by showing pictures is so low-effort.... Rehashing a fancast is even moreso.

TragicxPeach2025-10-13 22:39

I'd be fine if they just kept Michael Fassbender and made his hair white, he's almost 50 as is so he's certainly old enough if they keep using him for 10+ years.

jim91622025-10-13 22:43

Yeah he's the perfect age now, a little bit younger than Ian McKellen when he first started playing him.

unsupported2025-10-14 00:35

'til he's 90.

trakrad992025-10-13 22:42

I thought Timothy Olyphant would’ve made a great Reed Richards.

MuffaloMan2025-10-13 23:29

Hold up, keep cooking

Healien_Jung2025-10-13 22:46

Maybe Josh Duhamel?

Wars4w2025-10-13 23:07

Are you Timothy Olyphant's mom? 😂

Healien_Jung2025-10-13 23:52

Don't talk about Martha Duhamel that way

IzzyRezArt2025-10-13 22:51

Would rather we keep it authentic.

lrbikeworks2025-10-13 22:53

Pierce Brosnan

papa_sharku2025-10-13 22:54

He’s not a bad pick per se, but I’m personally very fond of the idea of Christoph Waltz in the role. He’s an incredible actor, and particularly amazing at playing villains as we well know from his Oscar for *Inglorious Basterds*, but also excellent at playing generally complex characters. He’s from Austria and is half-German as well, so has some ethnic ties to the character; he himself isn’t Jewish, but his first wife and his son are, and the latter is even a rabbi lol. And he’s 69, which is closer to the age McKellen was when he took the part.

IzzyRezArt2025-10-13 22:54

No. Magneto is a pristine role of excellence that only a Jewish actor can eloquently pull off. Timothy is a good actor but completely lacks the nuance and sophistication that is heavily required for this role.

Wars4w2025-10-13 22:59

Neither Ian McKellan or Fassbender are Jewish and both did an excellent job.

gunnarbird2025-10-13 22:57

You know I think every character he plays is some version of Seth Bullock/Raylan Givens, and honestly I’m down for the angriest magneto who ever existed

xyzsomething2025-10-13 22:59

Absolutely yes

LampyV22025-10-13 23:00

I was only familiar with his less serious roles. Watched Alien: Earth and now I'm a believer.

Live_Answer_38752025-10-14 00:00

Watch him in Justified

Willing-Bench10782025-10-13 23:04

Doesn’t he need to be/look like he came from that awful place

fnblackbeard2025-10-13 23:10

How about

Michael Fassbender?

Murfiano2025-10-13 23:10

No he’s to good looking

JaesopPop2025-10-13 23:12

I’d love him in any role.

ChaseballBat2025-10-13 23:18

Give me Lee Pace, or give me death!

Ok-Floor65122025-10-13 23:19

My dream Magneto will always be Viggo Mortensen

bookon2025-10-13 23:20

I hate when they make Magneto muscular. Hate it. He has no reason to be building muscle.

This casting of a slightly built person is perfect. As long as they don’t bulk him up.

The_Lawler2025-10-13 23:23

He is going to be too busy filming a Sting biopic after Kirsh

vanillasky6872025-10-13 23:25

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omegapool2025-10-13 23:29

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Toss a coin to your magneto

Bittrecker32025-10-13 23:31

Low key, I think he would make a fun and unique Xavier.

BreezyIsBeafy2025-10-13 23:32

Chris Pratt would make a perfect magneto

LockFreeDev2025-10-13 23:34

You all seem to think that acting is a lookalike/cosplay contest

strugglz2025-10-13 23:41

He's got the look, but in my head he doesn't have the voice. Not deep or full enough.

Earthwick2025-10-13 23:41

Olyphant is perfect for literally any role. Pair him with his Justified constar Walton Goggins and id watch literally anything those 2 were in... Make them the fricking Powerpuff girls and I am game

GrumpySoth092025-10-14 00:21

Bubbles and Buttercup...I can see it

VanillaBear99152025-10-13 23:43

I never thought of him for the role but it could work. I love him in pretty much everything.

Do_You_Hear_It2025-10-13 23:48

I remember when I whined and whined about ledger getting cast as the joker.

Will forever make me give anyone a chance at a role.

BovaxRage2025-10-13 23:51

Charles Dance

myowngalactus2025-10-13 23:52

No, that isn’t a thing anyone wants

FirstProspect2025-10-13 23:52

Eric Roberts wpuld make a great Magneto.

WOLKsite2025-10-13 23:55

He's smiling too hard for Magneto. I need to see his frown.

UnwillingHero222025-10-14 00:09

Wait is this a pick of Timothy or is it Josh Duhamel posing as Timothy…I mean, his own mother confuses them…

AnonymousFriend802025-10-14 00:12

The problem with fancats is that it's usually solely off some random photo of the actor and an even randomer drawing of the character, and nothing off acting ability. Anyone can dye their hair, and wear specific clothing. At least list a role the actor had that was similar.

DuckyHornet2025-10-14 00:15

I think he'd make a great...

*[throws dart]*

... Sunspot

Fashizl692025-10-14 00:16

No...

Wide_Audience_7392025-10-14 00:19

My dream Magneto is Giancarlo Esposito.

TheRealAbear2025-10-14 00:28

Hes never even been to the penis museum. Where tickets cost $1000

three_tblsp_buttah2025-10-14 00:29

Older Gambit

AbjectTelephone48012025-10-14 00:29

Magneto isn’t southern

FileHot65252025-10-14 00:30

I’d have a hard time taking him seriously in that role.

emzea2025-10-14 00:35

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there’s something about Peter Gallagher that I think would really work.

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railatron2025-10-14 00:50

I'm still a big fan of Michael fassbender.

railatron2025-10-14 00:50

I'm still a big fan of Michael fassbender.