Sometimes the best fan casting for movies comes from the people who want to play the roles. So when Wardlow says he’d like to play Lobo in a DC Comics movie, that sounds like an idea too good not to make a reality.
Ahead of his all but finalized match with boss and tormenter MJF at AEW Double or Nothing, Wardlow spoke with Bleacher Report’s Chris Mueller. Among the topics was what he does with his time off, which is mostly train himself to be the beast that he is, as well as watching movies.
Specifically, Wardlow revealed that he’s “a DC fan, a huge Batman and Superman fan,” and said he wouldn’t mind playing either of DC’s most famous heroes. He picked Shazam as a third choice — and while Zachary Levi is fine in that role, Wardlow vs. The Rock as Black Adam would certainly draw some money — he also called out another intriguing option.
“When I look at the villain side of things, I most definitely would love to play Lobo, and I used to have a Harley I loved riding,” Wardlow said. “I love bikes, love riding. My Harley Davidson was my baby. And I enjoy a cigar here and there, so I feel like with Lobo, I would really be able to be super-in-tune with that character.”
For the non-comics crowd, rest assured that this is an inspired choice. Lobo is an alien bounty hunter and mercenary originally created as a satire of Marvel’s Wolverine and other grim and gritty heroes of the 1990s. He was also originally a villain, but as often happens in comics (and pro wrestling, for that matter), fans loved him so much that Lobo became an anti-hero and often ended up fighting alongside DC’s established heroes — usually reluctantly on their part, given Lobo’s reputation for massive collateral damage and generally unmitigated love of violence.
Lobo also is super strong, incredibly fast for his size and remarkable resistant to pain, all things on Wardlow’s personal checklist as well. His love of cigars and bikes (space bikes, in his case) are just icing on the cake.
While Lobo has already been seen on TV in the Krypton series, he’s yet to make it to the big screen. Ironically, Johnson was once attached to the role, but Wardlow is an even more perfect fit as the Main Man, and in his own words, he wants to do it.
“Let’s get on it. Let’s get a live-action Lobo going.”