# My pick to play the Sub-Mariner... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443 "2020-05-08T22:02:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/1 "2020-05-08T22:02:19Z")
presuming they use him in an Avengers movie or give him his own. John Cena seems perfect for the role. He wouldn’t have to bulk up at all; put wings on his feet and a pair of Spock ears and he’s good to go. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/2 "2020-05-08T23:15:56Z")
I dunno, John Cena just looks too… nice. He looks like a really nice guy. Whoever plays Namor needs two thing: abs of steel, and a resting bitch face that can shatter glass at twenty paces. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/3 "2020-05-08T23:25:00Z")
Get Jason Momoa and officially make Namor and Aquaman alternate universe equivalents of each other. \>\_\> (I…I just want Momoa to be in everything. Preferably shirtless.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/4 "2020-05-08T23:36:06Z")
[There’s some great ideas in this listicle.](https://screenrant.com/actors-who-could-play-namor-the-sub-mariner/) I’m not familiar with his work, but Ian Anthony Dale really looks the part. Keanu ain’t half bad, neither, ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/5 "2020-05-08T23:36:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I dunno, John Cena just looks too… nice. He looks like a really nice guy. Whoever plays Namor needs two thing: abs of steel, and a resting bitch face that can shatter glass at twenty paces. He’s been the bad guy before. I think he could manage it, but Dwayne Johnson does that face awfully well. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/6 "2020-05-08T23:48:39Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [There’s some great ideas in this listicle.](https://screenrant.com/actors-who-could-play-namor-the-sub-mariner/) I’m not familiar with his work, but Ian Anthony Dale really looks the part. > > Keanu ain’t half bad, neither, Lewis Tan didn’t make that list, but I’d like to see what he could do with the role. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/7 "2020-05-09T03:19:01Z")
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**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/8 "2020-05-09T12:17:07Z")
Zachary Quinto would make an AWESOME Namor. He even kind of looks like him. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443/9 "2020-05-09T20:27:57Z")
> [@nitroglycerine](#): > > Zachary Quinto would make an AWESOME Namor. He even kind of looks like him. Pointed Ears? check Sorta flat-topped black hair? check Lean figire? check If you can play Spock, you can play Namor.