News Wonder Man Ben Kingsley Dodges The Mandarin Allegations in New Wonder Man Video The Disney+ series, Wonder Man, is set to premiere in January. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on December 10, 2025 Photo courtesy of Marvel Television Comment 0 Share New Share Photo courtesy of Marvel Television We’re almost in a new year, which means that we’ll be getting some more Marvel Cinematic Universe shows heading to Disney+. One of those is the very meta Wonder Man, which stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams/Wonder Man and Ben Kingsley as the notorious actor Trevor Slattery. Here’s the synopsis for Wonder Man, in case you need a refresher: Aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film Wonder Man. These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry. The series, created by Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Hawkeye alum Andrew Guest, is finally getting its marketing rollout, starting with Kingsley as Trevor Slattery having a controversial appearance on a fictional podcast called Bad Actors, hosted by the non-fictional Ben Mankiewicz. The conceit is that he’s on press tour to promote the aforementioned superhero film Wonder Man (and not the Disney+ MCU series named Wonder Man, to be clear). In the clip, Slattery gets touchy when Mankiewicz keeps bringing up the actor’s role as The Mandarin, which he played in Iron Man 3. (Spoilers for Iron Man 3, but in the film Tony Stark and a bunch of other people thought The Mandarin was a real-life criminal warlord, only to find out that he was a washed-out actor hired to play the part.) Mankiewicz, being a determined podcaster, doesn’t stop bringing up The Mandarin, however, and Slattery throws down his headphones and leaves in a huff. You can watch the two-minute clip below, and catch the series when Wonder Man premieres on Disney+ on January 27, 2026. [end-mark] The post Ben Kingsley Dodges The Mandarin Allegations in New <i>Wonder Man</i> Video appeared first on Reactor.