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VisionQuest's Ruaridh Mollica on Young Avengers delay and his MCU future: "I'm not getting any younger!"

The actor shared hopes for Tommy's bisexuality to be addressed in later appearances.

Published: Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at 9:00 am

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VisionQuest star Ruaridh Mollica has warned that he's "not getting any younger" as the Disney+ series once again teases the assembling of the Young Avengers in the MCU.

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Hints towards the team have circulated for years, since WandaVision began laying the groundwork with its initial introduction of Maximoff siblings Tommy and Billy (now played by Mollica and Joe Locke).

The on-screen brothers, also known by their superhero codenames Speed and Wiccan, found each other in the VisionQuest finale, but their teammates remain scattered across the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Much to the frustration of fans, it remains unclear when, if ever, the Young Avengers will actually be introduce as a force to be reckoned with – but Mollica hopes that it will be sooner rather than later.

"When prepping for the role, I was reading all of the Young Avengers comics to get to know my character and that world a lot more deeply," he told Radio Times. "And hey, I'd love to do that. I'm not getting any younger!"

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Other characters associated with the super-team include archer Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), super soldier Eli Bradley (Elijah Richardson), mischievous god Kid Loki (Jack Veal) and Ant-Man's daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton).

As a newer creation, Ms Marvel (Iman Vellani) was not part of the original line-up, but would likely be involved in any MCU version as teased by The Marvels post-credits scene.

With so many characters firmly on the board, the delays have left fans perplexed, with Marvel Studios executive producer Brad Winderbaum recently addressing the slow progress on the Main Character podcast.

He began: "There’s a lot of stuff we're always trying to make, but Hollywood's a funnel. Not everything makes it to the screen for a million reasons.

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"And I've had my heart broken so many times. That's the business. But you keep trying to push the things you love forward... Sometimes you're sitting on something great, and it takes a long time, and it hurts."

Mollica, for one, is hoping that Tommy AKA 'Speed' will be back on our screens before too long, with an interest in exploring his love life as well as his super-heroics.

"I knew Tommy was a bisexual character when I was auditioning for the part, and as a bisexual actor, I think Disney did a great job at casting me," continued Mollica in his Radio Times interview.

"I guess, while the relationship in the show is with Lisa Molinari [played by Lauren Morais], there are lots of nods to my character and I hope my own personality shines that through."

A man with short blonde hair stands in the foreground, looking worried off-camera

Paul Bettany and Ruaridh Mollica as Vision and Tommy in VisionQuest Marvel

He added: "I would love to explore more relationships from the comics, like that one, in future things."

VisionQuest co-star Morais is herself a potential Young Avengers candidate after the action-packed series finale, which left her with a set of cybernetic arms (following a near-lethal infusion of microscopic nanobots by T'Nia Miller's Jocasta). Think Doctor Octopus, but more stylish.

One opportunity for the Young Avengers to assemble is the forthcoming Secret Wars – the sequel to this December's Avengers: Doomsday – which is expected to be a cameo-thon of epic proportions.

VisionQuest is available to stream on Disney+. Sign-up to Disney+ from £5.99 a month.

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David CraigSenior Drama Writer

David Craig is the Senior Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest and greatest scripted drama and comedy across television and streaming. Previously, he worked at Starburst Magazine, presented The Winter King Podcast for ITVX and studied Journalism at the University of Sheffield.

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