When Zayn, Liam, Niall and Louis visited the Marvel offices in NY last December, they showed a character drawing based on Zayn that we thought was just a gift:
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... but it turns out, that character is actually Robbie Reyes, the new Ghost Rider from the comic series Marvel is releasing this year. Zayn was used as reference to create him:
“The guy from that boyband One Direction’s name is Zayn Malik. If you look him up on google you can find a bunch of images of him. I was picturing Robbie as a beefier version of him. Physically strong, with a quiet, troubled expression, […] kind of boyish. Just my initial idea. Opinions and suggestions greatly welcome, as always. I’ll send you the arc breakdowns in my next e-mail.”
