Who is Mobius in Loki season 2? We think we have the best answer

It is an underappreciated fact that most shows and movies would be funnier if one member of the cast was inexplicably recognizable diegetically as their real-life celebrity self — think Kevin Garnett in Uncut gemsLeBron James in Trainwreck, but with all the meta jokes of Julia Roberts “playing” herself in Oceans 12. Imagine what fun you could have Shazam! The Fury of GodsThe jokes would have been about Hespera resembling Dame Helen Mirren, or people asking passersby if they were in. The Queen. In Loki Marvel Cinematic Universe’s season 2 is its best shot yet at making this wonderful bit of film a reality.

Mobius’ (Owen Wilson) identity on the Sacred Timeline is the best mystery of the season. Sure, we’ve got some Kangs to contend with, along with Miss Minutes and Ravonna Renslayer running through time and plotting, but the enigma really worth caring about is much more inconsequential: Who is Mobius and why doesn’t he want to go back to the Sacred Timeline? Loki’s introduction of X-5 in the Sacred Timeline as Brad Wolfe has allowed for all sorts of absurd plotlines and jokes. Every character in the MCU canon could suddenly be anyone else, and in the case of Mobius, he’s surprisingly reluctant to know who else he could be.

Mobius, on Sacred Timeline, should be Owen Wilson.

It would be a perfect match for him to play the role of Owen Wilson in the real world, as his career is almost identical. Mobius, as he moves through the Sacred Timeline world, should be recognized by the people on the street. People should shout “wow!” at him while doing terrible impressions, and he should have to react as Mobius with Tom Hiddleston deep in character as Loki right beside him. Imagine seeing one of most recognized people on the planet deadpan himself while Loki is laughing beside him. Plus, it would finally inject some levity in what has so far been a mostly dour and plot-heavy season of TV — save for O.B., of course.

Adding Owen Wilson’s canonical existence to Loki The plot or story would be affected almost no by the Mobius, which is visually the same but completely different. It wouldn’t even matter much to Loki Season 2. It would still be funny and that’s a huge win for MCU.