Yesterday it was announced that actor
Tim Blake Nelson was in talks to play Harvey Elder, aka Mole Man in the
upcoming Fantastic Four reboot by Josh Tranks.
Today while speaking with the TulsaWorld the actor confirmed that he got the role and expressed his enthusiasm for
the movie.
"Yes, it's pretty much
closed, with me playing Harvey Elder, who becomes the Mole Man."
“I absolutely loved working on Hulk and
feel extremely blessed that Marvel, Fox, and especially (Fantastic Four director)
Josh Trank and his team have invited me back into the universe. The script is
excellent. It has real heart, and it shows a true understanding of what it is
to be a burgeoning adult geeked out to the margins.”
The actor also spoke about the script without giving too much away.
“Without
going into detail, the script has as much soul as it does action, and it has a
lot of action. We’re all going to have blast making it.”
Nelson will play a small role in the movie, but his character
is set up to be "the villain in future installments of the
franchise". Let's hope the actor has better luck this time around,
as he was also set up to possibly be the villain in the sequel(s) to the 2008
The Incredible Hulk, where he played Samuel Sterns, aka The Leader.
The actor joins Miles Teller, Kate
Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, and Toby Kebbel.
Born
in the late 1910s, Harvey Elder possessed a genius intellect but was shunned
because of his homely appearance. Hearing rumors of an underground kingdom
where he might find acceptance or at least solitude, Elder spent years
searching the globe for it, without success. In 1956, he tried to join the
Explorers Club on the basis of his exploits, but he was disbelieved and
ridiculed. Fuming, he chanced to observe a gathering of adventurers by the
Eternal Makkari, who sought a team of Monster Hunters to aid him against the
Deviant Kro and his monstrous Mutates; believing the group's efforts would lead
them to his subterranean goal, Elder stowed away on their plane and was
separated from the heroes in the course of the battle. Washing up on the shores
of Monster Island, he explored a series of caverns until he at last discovered Subterranea,
a network of tunnels running beneath the surface of much of the Earth; however,
he was caught in an earthquake and almost blinded in the mysterious Valley of
Diamonds. Undaunted, Elder explored the vastness of Subterranea and carved out
a kingdom of his own. His early activities may have influenced various
subterranean monster incursions that plagued the U.S. and other nations during
the late 1950s and early 1960s. He discovered and mastered Deviant technology,
proving himself a rival to the underground reigns of the monstrous Two-Headed
Thing and the immortal Tyrannus, and later fighting Spragg the Living Hill.
Slowing his own aging through unknown means, the Mole Man eventually won
rulership of the so-called Moloid race, docile servants abandoned by the
Deviants, as well as of many of the Mutates once used for conquest or sport by
their former masters. - Marvel
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