Too drugged, too old, too Spanish

Looks and talks like he comes from Central or South America, mainly settled by the Spanish.
Phoenix drugged up gets Oscar noms in acting and Del Toroaint Spanish, that would be Bardem.
Del Toro ain't from neither of those places. Just go with Latino next time.
Most of these big names being floated around like Johnny Depp or Bradley Cooper seem to be out of tune with the way Marvel Studios casts their movies. They tend to go with actors they can get on the cheap in the lead role, with high profile actors in the supporting cast. Marvel instead relies on the quality of the film to boost their actor into a mainstream leading man, and it's worked pretty well so far.
He Phoaquin was born there, but he's the child of missionaries who were over there.
Joaquin Phoenix, Javier Bardem, Benicio Del Toro.