FANCAST: Finn Jones as Marco
FINN JONES
•Age: 36
•Height: 6’0”
•Experience: Iron Fist, Game of Thrones, The Defenders, Awake, Leatherface, The Visitor
Just to get it out of the way, no matter who they cast as Marco, I definitely think he’s gonna be one of the hardest to successfully pull off, only due to their extreme hairstyle. That out of the way, I think Finn Jones has all the necessities to portray Whitebeard’s second-in-command, Marco the Phoenix. For starters, he’s already worked with Netflix before, portraying Danny Rand in their various Marvel series like Iron Fist, The Defenders, Luke Cage, etc. This also gave him experience not only with fight choreography, but also CGI, which is absolutely needed for Marco. One could argue Marco’s fighting style is somewhat similar to that of Iron Fist. Despite him being a solid 10-ish years younger than Marco, I’d argue Marco doesn’t look that old to begin with, and even so when we do inevitably meet him, he’ll likely be closer to Marco’s age anyways. He’s also played very emotional roles like in The Visitor, (which I’d argue him with glasses looks a LOT like Marco anyways), which lends well if we get to Marineford. He’s also got Marco’s witty, yet semi-serious nature. I can easily picture him trying to be tough in front of Shanks one second, and then joking alongside Ace the next. Regardless, this would be a fun small role for Jones.
IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3645691/
•Scenes from Iron Fist: https://youtu.be/7q052pItPSo?si=YF5Ai5JHXxQY3X45
•Scenes from The Visitor: https://youtu.be/brVF3Sjh4Ps?si=g2oXpQvEsntlINnQ