Bryan Cranston would like to play original Marvel villain

'You know what I’d like to do? I’d like to do some big superhero villain in some Marvel classic'

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston has signed to play black-listed screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in a new film (Getty Images)

Bryan Cranston’s Walter White from Breaking Bad was one of Television’s nastiest creations - George RR Martin once said Cranston's performance inspired him to make the characters on Game of Thrones even ‘more evil’.

He isn't done being the bad guy yet - quite the opposite - as he revealed he would like to play a villain in one of the upcoming Marvel films.

"You know what I’d like to do? I’d like to do some big superhero villain in some Marvel classic," he told Metro while promoting his upcoming film Trumbo.

However, the acclaimed actor doesn’t want to play one from the comic books, he wants to “create one from scratch… I don’t know what I would do but it would be nasty.”

There’s going to be plenty of opportunities for Cranston to play a villain as Marvel Studios have recently added four new films to an already huge phase 3 lineup, meaning there will be 14 Marvel superhero films between now and 2020.

Before Cranston made his comments there was already a huge fan calling for Cranston to be featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe somehow, with many believing he would make an ideal Norman Osbourne - AKA the Green Goblin - in the upcoming Spider-Man flick.

Cranston’s upcoming projects include Kung Fu Panda 3, The Infiltrator and All The Way, while Trumbo will reach UK cinemas 5 February 2016.