Every day, AlloCiné recommends watching a movie (again) on TV. Tonight: Marvel’s superheroes reunite.
As soon as the Avengers phenomenon was released in 2012, its director Joss Whedon announced a sequel. The following year at San Diego Comic-Con, he revealed the title (“Age of Ultron”) and thus the main antagonist. To the surprise of fans, instead of Loki, the one behind the events of the first film is not Thanos, but the robot supervillain Ultron created by Tony Stark (and not Hank Pym, aka Ant-Man, as in the comic book of the same name). mini-series), are determined to eradicate humanity from the face of the earth.
And it was James Spader who had the task of embodying this colossal character. The first and only director’s choice, enchanted by the tone “hypnotic” actor “Both terribly quiet and attractive, but very human and funny”It didn’t take him long to get the role.
Thus, the actor slipped into a combination of motion capture in lycra, aided by the sage advice of Andy Serkis, master of the technique. who was actively involved in shaping the character’s physique to find the right balance between man and machine. In addition, because he is 1 m 78 tall and the character is 2 m, James Spader had to equip the armor with two red balls hanging from it, representing his eyes above him. A clever way for the actors who gave him the line to know where to look.
The result: Masterfully orchestrated by Joss Whedon with his iconic bad guy, well-mannered street sets and incredibly spectacular action sequences, Avengers: Age of Ultron seduces the public by bringing in over 1.4 billion worldwide, placing it in fourth place. – The highest grossing film of 2015.
Avengers: Age of Ultron By Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo…
from the age of 10
Tonight on TF1 at 21:10.
Source: allocine
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