MMA fighter and actress Ronda Rousey has made it very clear that she'd like to play Marvel's Captain Marvel . She first shared her interest in the part during a Reddit AMA, before posting fan art of her as the character to her Instagram.

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She's far from the first actor to petition themselves for an uncast Marvel role, and that sort of enthusiasm is something that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige appreciates."I love it," he told me of Rousey's campaign during an interview at Los Angeles' Hero Complex Gallery promoting the October 2nd Blu-ray release of Avengers: Age of Ultron. "That happens occasionally, and I think that's a testament more to the strength of the characters."He reflected, "Going back to my early days at Marvel, there were always various people campaigning to be Wolverine. I guess that was pre-Twitter and pre-Internet days, but still for some reason would pop up in Wizard Magazine. Wizard Magazine would always have 'this person wants to play this role!' It's a testament to how great the characters are that it appeals to such a wide range of talented, talented people."So is Rousey the type of actress Marvel would be interested in casting for the part? She's certainly got the physicality for a superhero, but she is relatively untested as an actress; she's had small roles in The Expendables 3, Furious 7 and Entourage, and is attached to star in Peter Berg's Mile 22, a gender-swapping Road House remake , and her biopic My Fight/Your Fight . Feige's answer, essentially, is never say never."You look at the ways we've cast our films in the past and it's always about who's the best person to inhabit the character, whether that is an actor like Chris Hemsworth who bulks up, or a wrestler like Dave Bautista who played Drax who ends up being an amazing performer, an amazing actor and a clever and witty and pointed comedic actor," Feige said. "For us, it's sitting down with people and starting to meet people and as the script takes shape and as we start to build who the character should be and finding the right person to match it up. We haven't necessarily started sitting down with people yet and meeting on that part."During an interview with MTV News , Feige confirmed that “there won’t be any announcements about [Captain Marvel] this year." “I think right now we’re scripting the film, figuring out who we want Carol Danvers to be, and really what the structure of the movie will be and what her part will be in some of our other Phase 3 films," he said. "It would be next year that we start to really think about casting.”Captain Marvel is due in theaters on November 2, 2018.

Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Follow her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz