MCU fans have been dieing to see the Mad Titan Thanos on the big screen, ever since that post-credit scene in The Avengers. But now that he reappeared in director James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy with the voice and mo-cap of actor Josh Brolin, we can expect more and more of him in future films.
Speaking
to IGN, Brolin revealed what attracted him to the character, the
multiple-film contract, the Thanos and Death dynamic and much more.
"First
and foremost, I have a really good friend who I've known for years
who's the co-president of Marvel, Louis D'Esposito,"
said
Brolin when asked what attracted him to Thanos "I
knew Louis as a first AD, and he's the one who initially called me,
and then [producer] Jeremy Latcham. Then I talked to Kevin Feige,
ultimately. But there's something about them that's so insular and so
geeky and so real. I loved it -- because I've turned down a lot of
those types of movies. Not Marvel, but I've turned down a lot of
those types of movies. When they started telling me the story about
them getting together in Palm Springs, nine of them flipping burgers
and talking about what Thanos was going to do and going, 'What do you
think?' like, 'Captain America's going to show up here!' Then, 'Oh my
God, what if the Hulk came in at that point?' and all that -- I love
that sh**. I love it, because those guys are absolutely saturated
with that world, and they love story. Another thing that I really
loved is, they said that they didn't use directors that did music
videos and all that in the past. They would always look for people
who had done stories. If you look at James Gunn's oeuvre, he's done
even web series, but they're all stories."
Brolin
then revealed that Marlon Brando's Colonel Kurtz and the comics were
his source of inspiration for the character, and the risks of making
a Marvel movie.
"I
start thinking of all those things, but that's after the fact. I want
to know that these guys are really into what they're doing. It's not
just like, 'Oh, Marvel's hot right now. Do you want to do a Marvel
thing?' Well, no, I don't want to do a Marvel thing, because that can
have the opposite impact, and you can actually work less and people
go, 'Oh, why'd you get him for that?' I ask, 'Do I see myself as this
thing and could I do this thing?' Not that I'm ever 100-percent sure,
but we had constructed this small thing, Kevin Feige and I and
Robert, and going on-stage at Comic-Con. Then it became something
else. Once I got on-stage, it sort of became its own improv. I knew
at that point, because I saw the rivalry between Robert [Downey Jr.]
and I, and I thought, 'I get this. I suddenly really get it.' So I
feel like I'm more inside it than I was. It was more a display to me
before that. It was more cosmetic. Now I think I'm starting to get
who the guy is a little bit."
Brolin also spoke about how he's looking forward to going toe-to-toe with Downey. Though, he adds that it's "not necessarily because we're personally connected. It's just, we're both in very different parts of our lives. He's fun. He's smart, and I like playing off of somebody smart, because it's challenging. I like the challenge a lot." On the Thanos/Death storyline Brolin says that "his relationship with Death, who is actually the woman, I love that. You can take Sin City [in which Brolin plays a man obsessed with a dark-hearted woman] and pump it full of steroids, and then you have Thanos. I like that he's motivated by that -- not just motivated by destruction or death or this or that. He's motivated by a very identifiable, human trait."
On his multi-pic deal the actor that "having done different series and all that, it's like doing the best series you could ever do," Brolin said when asked if he hesitated to sign on for multiple films. "You know you're taken care of, you know the manifestations are good, you these people are at the top of their game. I've been involved in series where I couldn't wait to play a character and watch the character go through this trajectory, and then you would say, 'Why would you do that?' Like, you're doing that based on a model of what you think people want. 'Oh, we need a love interest now. Oh, we need this.' This is already set up, and it's set up brilliantly. It's like, 'Okay, now how are you going to utilize it in a way that's within Avengers, within Guardians, within that?' I don't know if there's anybody better than them [Marvel Studios]. They understand it. They live it. I can tell you live it too, and it's that kind of a thing. It's like, I'm catching up to you guys, and I love the idea of catching up to somebody. When I first said yes, they sent me so much frickin' research. I was in the middle of doing Everest, and I was focusing more on Thanos than I was on Everest. You know, there are movies that I've done where I feel like I have a better understanding before I even started than the filmmakers do," Brolin continued. "And that's disconcerting because they're the filmmakers. They're like, 'Well, what do you want to do?' It's like,'What do you mean what do I want to do? What do you want me to do?' We can go back and forth with it, and maybe I'll have my two cents over here and they go, 'Oh my God, that would be great. Even though that's not really a part of Thanos, it would be a great addition to Thanos, to make him even more Thanos,' or bring even more humanity to Thanos -- whatever it is. So I'm in the learning stages that is really exciting. When I first said yes, they sent me so much frickin' research. I was in the middle of doing Everest, and I was focusing more on Thanos than I was on Everest. But it's an exciting prospect, truly." The actor said he doesn't have the entire picture of Thanos' arc, but has "an idea. I know what one appearance is going to be for sure. There's one or two that I don't know."
Source
- IGN
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