'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Plot News: Joss Whedon Talks Ultron
Marvel's upcoming blockbuster, "Avengers: Age of Ultron," is one of the reasons to look forward to this summer. Set to reprise MCU's all-time favorite characters like Thor (Chris Helmsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), and many others, talks about the upcoming film are currently focused on its primary antagonist, Ultron.
Director Joss Whedon shed some details about the villain saying that the character, along with its powers, will have a different origin as opposed to the comic book canon.
"They reinvented him in Ultimates and stuff. At one point he was a beautiful woman … I'm not doing that one!" he told SFX magazine. "I loved him when I read the comics as a kid, because of the scope and the sci-fi and what the team was going through, but I never looked to Ultron himself in the comics for why I love Ultron."
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The character Ultron, voice-acted by "The Blacklist" star James Spader, is also being compared with the first Avenger's enemy Loki (Tom Hiddleston).
"The thing that worked about Loki was that he was able to get inside everybody's head a little bit, and Ultron, he's got the same thing. He knows pretty much everything there is to know about these guys. The only way you can attack Earth's mightiest heroes is from within," Whedon explained.
Speaking about Spader, Whedon commended how the actor hit all the notes for the role.
"Everything I've ever given to Spader he's just knocked out of the park," the 50-year-old director said.
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" premieres May 1, 2015.
