WONDER MAN Showrunner Confirms Josh Gad’s Fate and it Sets Up a Wild Season 2 Idea
Marvel’s Wonder Man left fans scratching their heads after one of its strangest and funniest twists, and now we finally have answers.
Spoilers ahead!
With all eight episodes streaming, showrunner Andrew Guest is opening up about Josh Gad’s bizarre disappearance, what actually happened to him, and how that oddball moment could crack the door wide open for a second season.
If you remember Episode 4, Gad’s celebrity cameo takes a sharp left turn when his character attempts to pass through Door Man and vanishes completely. Just an abrupt exit that left fans wondering what actually happened to him.
Well, Guest confirmed that Gad’s character very much still exists, saying, “Josh Gad is alive and inside Door Man currently,” and then dangling a pretty incredible promise for the future: “If we get a Season 2, my promise is to get Josh Gad out of Door Man, and back into the world.”
Guest went on to tease that the experience might leave a mark, floating an idea that feels perfectly unhinged. “It has occurred to me that maybe Josh Gad would have Door Man powers, after having been inside him for so long. Maybe Josh Gad becomes the new Door Man!”
That’s the kind of Marvel logic that feels ridiculous until you realize it makes total sense in this show’s offbeat corner of the MCU.
Gad’s involvement was always designed as a big moment. The writers built the role specifically for him once he agreed to appear. Guest explained how it came together, saying:
“There was always a celebrity character cameo for DeMarr to be paired with in that episode, but Josh was the first person we asked.”
The episode centers on DeMarr Davis as a nightclub bouncer whose powers turn him into Door Man and briefly into a viral hero after rescuing people from a fire. Gad plays a heightened version of himself, leaning into fame, ego, and spectacle in a way that perfectly fits the show’s tone.
That episode becomes one of the most important chapters of the season. It introduces the Doorman Clause, an in-universe insurance policy that bans superpowered individuals from acting following Gad’s disappearance.
The fallout ripples through the rest of the series and serves as a warning about how fast fame can warp someone with powers. Co-creator Destin Daniel Cretton described Gad’s role as the spark that set everything off, explaining that his character “planted this seed of power” in DeMarr, ultimately leading to tragic consequences.
The episode also fully embraces chaos. Gad randomly breaks into an EDM remix of “In Summer” from Frozen during a club scene, a moment that feels absurdly perfect. Cretton summed it up best when he called the remix a “banger.” Somehow, that scene manages to be hilarious, unsettling, and thematically relevant all at once.
Underneath the jokes, the story pulls from classic Marvel roots. Guest has said the character was inspired by the Marvel mutant Doorman, and the cautionary arc reflects Simon Williams’ struggle to find a career that doesn’t chew him up.
It’s a sideways look at celebrity culture through a superhero lens, one that fits neatly into Wonder Man’s identity as a show about ambition, image, and control.
For now, Season 2 hasn’t been officially announced, but the groundwork is clearly there. Josh Gad trapped inside a human portal, possibly emerging with powers of his own, feels like exactly the kind of weird escalation this series thrives on.
Until then, all eight episodes of Wonder Man are available to stream on Disney+, and yes, that Door Man mystery finally has an answer.