With an actor of Rheon’s popularity and caliber in the role, it’s clear that Marvel and ABC are hoping to develop a complicated character who walks the line between antagonist and protagonist. Over the years, Maximus has been made to be more of an antihero than a straight villain. It’s also a part Rheon will surely be pulling from as he works to craft his own version of Maximus the Mad. It’s an incredible journey for the actor, and the role that certainly landed him a spot on Game of Thrones. As the show progresses, however, he becomes a full-fledged superhero, and gains confidence in the process. Capable of turning invisible, seeing the future, and time traveling at various points in the series, he wants desperately to be a hero he can’t help using his abilities selfishly and even violently at times. He’s actually quite sweet at heart, but his powers bring him into conflict with himself and others. Like Maximus, Simon is shown to be socially awkward and many fear the darkness he clearly has under the surface. That’s not even touching on his brutal murder of his mother-in-law and newborn brother. Even without everything he put the often despicable Theon through, his treatment of Sansa alone makes him irredeemable. Though the series made a few small attempts to shade Ramsay by showing how his bastard status filled him with an intense need to belong, it also never shied away from showing just how much of a monster he was. Just as Loki has been hailed as one of Marvel’s best villains, Maximus will present a similarly multifaceted rogue.Īs Ramsay Bolton, Rheon proved that he could make the audience squirm and play a character who possibly rivals Joffrey in terms of fan hatred. It’s a smart move, as Maximus by far has the most complex and compelling personality out of the entire Royal Family. Given the relative obscurity of the names rumored for Inhumans so far, and the fact that Black Bolt by nature can’t utter a word without causing untold devastation, it looks like Marvel may be positioning Rheon as the lead of the series.

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