Chukwudi Iwuji became one of the McU’s best villains with his appearance as The High Evolutionary in James Gunn’s trilogy capper “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3.” His ego and cruelty know no bounds in this film, but Iwuji was still able to imbue some humanity to the character (even if he couldn’t defend The High Evolutionary).
And that’s without even having two or three previous appearances to set him up as a complicated, if ultimately evil man. Gunn first worked with Iwuji on his “Suicide Squad” spin-off show “Peacemaker,” where the actor got to flex a completely different set of acting muscles.
His character in that show could be seen as villainous (and was seen that way for a hot second) because he’s an outsider that had to get by on deception. Ultimately, his Clemson Murn is found to have the same goals as our heroes and, oddly, really…
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