Vin Diesel spoke to MTV’s Splash page and dropped some interesting tidbits:

“I would be more apt to play a villain,” Diesel revealed to MTV News. “[I’d like to play] the protagonist of a story that is also like a Marvel villain — like Doctor Doom or something.”

In light of the newly announced plans for a “Fantastic Four” reboot, Diesel could get his chance to portray the Latverian dictator soon enough. But there are other characters in the comic book pantheon that the action star would be interested in pursuing, including one seaworthy superhero in specific.

“I have some superhero favorites,” Diesel admitted. “I talked to [‘The Surrogates’ director] Jonathan Mostow about ‘Sub-Mariner,’ which could be interesting because of its World War II-New York connection.”

Personally, I could get behind either of these suggestions. I think Vin Diesel is a perfectly capable actor. Given the choice of the two, though? I’d love to see him as Doom.

He’s got the right build, a cool voice and would kick ass as a villain.

What do you guys think?