James Spader is one of Hollywood’s most underrated actors. After his breakthrough in Red Light District in the 80s, his career took off when he starred in series such as The Practice and its spin-off, in which he was one of the main actors, Boston Justice. And then there was his ultra-iconic role in The Office of Robert California.
And yet, the 64-year-old actor has only played two roles since 2015: from 2013 to 2023, as Raymond Reddington in The Blacklist, and just in 2015, as Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron, two roles as iconic as each. For all sorts of other reasons.
Its performance in St black list Indeed earning him two nominations (among many other notables) at the Golden Globes, in 2014 and 2015, for Best Actor in a TV Series, the series itself carries an Emmy for its stunts.
He voiced and motion-captured his iconic role in the MCU, a performance that won critical acclaim while Ultron was considered one of the franchise’s best antagonists – a role he now reprises in Marvel Studios’ Vision Quest series. With Paul Bettany also returning as Vision. Between Ultron and Vision, we can expect a vehicle duel at the top.
What is Vision Quest?
Warning spoilers! Key elements of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and WandaVision are revealed at the end of this article.
Terry Matalas (Star Trek: Picard) will serve as executive producer and showrunner for the series, which is expected to begin production in England in 2025 and be released in 2026.
Ultron’s return to the show should cause some problems for Vision, the two characters have a long history together. Ultron created Vision’s original synthetic body to house his AI, but the Avengers stopped him and placed Tony Stark’s AI assistant JARVIS inside, creating Vision.
at the end age of ultronVision confronts and appears to destroy the last robot containing Ultron’s consciousness, but this moment happens off-camera. A comeback story James Spader Therefore confirming that at least one version of Ultron survived.
As for Vision, technically dead in Avengers: Infinity War, he has already been resurrected twice in 2021’s WandaVision series, first as a spectral creature created (and then destroyed) by magic, then as a ghostly white robot with no memories of his past. . Anything is possible in this new upcoming project.
To find James Spader in these last two roles from 2015, head over to Netflix for season 10 of The Blacklist and Disney+ for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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