While the characters weren’t announced, with Andy Serkis‘s name was announced as a member of the Star Wars: Episode VII cast it seems a pretty safe bet he’ll be playing a motion captured character as become his modus operandi in films such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, King Kong and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and its predecessor. Well, while he hasn’t had a role in a Marvel film just yet, it seems he’s going to have an influence as Mark Ruffalo revealed on Twitter he’s received some advice from Serkis.
Responding to a fan asking for information on Hulk and his part in Joss Whedon‘s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ruffalo responded, “Well, I have been working with the great [Andy Serkis] on the big green boy and he is going to be even better then (sic) [he was in The Avengers].”
I’m not entirely sure what “better” means, but it might be interesting to see the difference if anyone were to ever put together a side-by-side comparison, or perhaps it’s in reference to emoting through movements and facial expressions. I don’t know, I’m spit-balling here.
In other Avengers news, Whedon recently spoke with Empire about the film’s titular villain, which will be played by James Spader.
I’m having a blast with Ultron. He’s not a creature of logic – he’s a robot who’s genuinely disturbed. We’re finding out what makes him menacing and at the same time endearing and funny and strange and unexpected, and everything a robot never is.
Also, and perhaps timely considering the number of villains in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Whedon discussed the addition of several characters to the new film, which also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen as twins Quicksilver and Scarlet With as well as Thomas Kretschmann as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker.
I fiercely dislike the idea of just throwing in more people for the sake of doing that. But last time I had all of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes versus one British character actor, and I needed more conflict.
We’ll see how it all pans out when Avengers: Age of Ultron releases in theaters on May 1, 2015, exactly one year from now.
