Al Pacino is just like us: He recently saw and loved Guardians of the Galaxy and wants to be in a Marvel film. The difference is that he may actually get his wish.

Since Pacino's comments last weekend to Deadline at the Venice Film Festival — where he praised Guardians and said he'd be open to offers from Marvel Studios — speculation about whether it could actually happen has been making the rounds.

Marvel has the budget to get just about anyone they want these days, and the more big-screen legends they can get in the billing, the better Marvel movies look to fans come July. It makes perfect sense that, if he was serious, Marvel's going to jump on an opportunity to cast Pacino like Tony Stark on a flight attendant.

We don't see Pacino signing a multi-film deal with Marvel, though, especially given his age (74) and the recent comparable cameo-type roles of Robert Redford and Glenn Close in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, respectively. Furthermore, Pacino's booming presence and resume are more tailored to a villain/supporting slot, so while it would be great to see him permanently cast the same way Samuel L. Jackson has been as Nick Fury, chances of this are slim.

With that in mind, here are three ideas for Pacino and Marvel to discuss in that first meeting.

J'Son of Spartax, Star-Lord's Dad

The most obvious choice at this point. Another Guardians of the Galaxy film has already been announced, but without a cast, confirmed script, or anything else, that would mean Pacino isn't too late. J'Son is royalty, a fairly talented pilot, and smooth enough to get laid by women from earth, so we're assuming Pacino wouldn't be too far out of his element. He'd also have to play the role of distant/estranged father, also not a huge reach when you consider previous Pacino roles in films like Godfather Part III (though we'd prefer not to).

MODOK

Possibly the most ridiculous villain Marvel is considering putting in a film, MODOK (Acronym for "Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing") is literally a giant talking head on a dangerous robot. Like Vin Diesel, Pacino would be doing most of the work in a room over the course of a few days, so it wouldn't require as much time and effort as a bigger role. We'd also expect to see this villain as a secondary threat, like a puppet to some larger villain. Captain America 3 writer Christopher Markus has mentioned his desire to squeeze MODOK in if at all possible, and if handled properly it could be the brilliantly funny section of a darkening Marvel thread.

Old Tony Stark

Comics have a habit of using time travel when they get bored with their current surroundings. We've seen that from X-Men, and the iconic The Dark Knight Returns comic from 1986 was all about the later years of a past-his-prime hero. Look at Robert Downey Jr., then look at Pacino, then back to Downey again. We're not sure how this fits into the canon, but if the Avengers gang gets jumped fifty years into the future in Avengers 3, how excellent would it be for them to stumble across Pacino the way Kirk happens upon Leonard Nemoy in Star Trek? The least likely of the group, this possibility is also the most entertaining to think about, especially since it would open up the Avengers roster to all sorts of second-wave characters as well as let sci-fi genius Joss Whedon play with time travel.

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