Rhys Ifans reveals just what makes the Lizard tick in The Amazing Spider-Man. One of Britain's greatest acting veterans is coming to Doctor Who. Chloe Moretz starts filming the Carrie remake. Plus where is Games of Thrones headed next season?
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Top image from The Amazing Spider-Man.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Here's a trio of behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Rhys Ifans explains what attracted him to the role of the Lizard or, perhaps more accurately, that of his human alter ego Dr. Curt Connors:
What fascinated me about the character, was the whole, unlike the villain who comes in to just spar with Spider-Man, he has a real emotional connection with Peter's father, and that he is a very intelligent scientist who genuinely wants to benefit and change the lives of thousands of humans, limbless humans in this case. We see kids coming back from war zones with lost limbs. So science and technology would be of huge benefit to millions of people.
I was interested to see how his hunger for the advancements of that science and his moral conflict with the corporation that he works for, that obviously wants to benefit financially from this technology at the expense of unwitting New Yorkers. Connors, to the end, is morally repelled by that decision, and decides to become his own lab rat. But he doesn't figure what that cold blooded sort of sense of hubris does to a compassionate human mind.
There's a ton more at the link. [Newsarama]
Iron Man 3
I'd take all this with a grain of salt, but a recent podcast from The Playlist has a ton of new, intriguing information for Shane Black's Iron Man movie. First up, character actor William Sadler, whose past roles include the Grim Reaper in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and the ridiculously enigmatic Section 31 head Sloan on Deep Space Nine, will reportedly appear in the movie as a general and superior to Don Cheadle's Colonel James Rhodes, although, for what it's worth, IMDB has him listed as "Sal Kennedy", likely in reference to Tony Stark's scientist friend of the same name from the comics. I'm guessing the general is the slightly more likely role.
Anyway, although Iron Man 3 is said to intentionally be downplaying any connections to the larger Marvel universe and going for something more self-contained, S.H.I.E.L.D. will still have a small role to play in the person of Cobie Smulders's Maria Hill. She will reportedly play much the same role as Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson did in the first Iron Man, which presumably means making a bunch of inopportune pop-in appearances punctuated with some nice one-liners. Also, the Playlist revealed the role intended for Hong Kong star Andy Lau is "a very different version" of the Chinese nuclear physicist turned supervillain (and occasionally semi-reformed superhero) Radioactive Man. It sounds as though he would have a relatively small role in this film, possibly just as his pre-transformation alter ego Chen Lu, but also as though he could make appearances in future Marvel movies and appear in Iron Man 3's post-credits scene. Which leads us to by far the most exciting part of the story...
Ant-Man
...because the post-credits scene reportedly involves Radioactive Man encountering Ant-Man (or their secret identities meeting each other, or some other permutation thereof). What's more, the scene will reportedly be directed by Edgar Wright, just as Joss Whedon directed the Thor post-credits scene that directly set up The Avengers. As Comic Book Movie points out, this could well explain Wright's earlier statements that he was hoping to shoot some of Ant-Man this year, despite his commitments to the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz follow-up World's End. Again, grains of salt all around, but if this is all true... well, holy crap, am I excited. [The Playlist via Comic Book Movie]
Man of Steel
Here's a Vancouver set photo giving us a look from left to right at young actors Robert Gerdisch, Jack Foley, and Dylan Sprayberry, who play young Whitney Fordham, Pete Ross, and Clark Kent, respectively. [Man of Steel Facebook]
Black Panther
Actor Romeo Miller, otherwise known as the rapper Lil' Romeo, discusses the possibility of playing this Marvel superhero in a potential film:
I would love to. I remember that before Jumping the Broom got released, there were some producers were talking about shopping the script to some people and I was one of the people they contacted and was asked if it was something I would be interested in. You never know. I definitely want to take in and be the next big action hero. That may be something that's cool.
If nothing else, it sure sounds like Marvel Studios has been discussing this role — along with Luke Cage, according to some interviews — with a wide array of potential stars. It's just hard to know what that means, in terms of when we'll actually see these movies materialize. [Comic Book Movie]
Carrie
Teen Wolf
Here's a promo and sneak peek for episode six, "Frenemy."
Additional reporting by Ben Vrignon and Charlie Jane Anders.