'Gobsmacked!' Actor Paul Bettany confirms what we've already believed about AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

'Gobsmacked!' Actor Paul Bettany confirms what we've already believed about AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

[Article restored by webmasters. NOT St Martin] Much like the second full trailer to 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' confirmed what we already believed about the film, Paul Bettany's recent interview with the Radio Times confirms the scope, scale and overall quality of 'Age of Ultron'

By ChrisStMartin - Jan 23, 2015 10:01 AM EST
Source: Radio Times

It's the biggest thing Marvel have ever done!” enthused Paul Bettany in an interview with Radio Times. Bettany gets his first MCU live-action part in the upcoming AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. Bettany has previously been featured in the Iron Man and Avengers franchises as the voice of Tony Stark's virtual assistant, JARVIS. JARVIS will be connected to Bettany's live-action part as android 'The Vision,' though the link has yet to be revealed.

Bettany sounds really impressed with Samuel L. Jackson's response to the footage presented at Comicon last year. “It was enormous. I remember, we were at Comic-con, and they showed a portion of the footage, and I was just gobsmacked. And I looked down the row and every one of the Avengers was the same...including Samuel Jackson – and his whole modus operandi is ‘I’ve seen everything before, I’m the most chilled out, relaxed man and I’ve seen everything…’ And he was as knocked out as anyone. It’s huge.”

Even outside of the Marvel movies, Paul Bettany has worked on some huge films with some big name stars: Tom Hanks in 'The Da Vinci Code,' Russell Crow in 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'Master & Commander,' and Johnny Depp in his hey-day on 'The Tourist' and afterward on both 'Transcendence' and 'Mortdecai.' So, Bettany clearly knows his way around huge productions and huge stars with huge egos. I think the fact that he is impressed with how Samuel L. Jackson was also 'gobsmacked,' confirms for us how good and how big Avengers: Age of Ultron really will be.

Bettany also commented on his appearance in the film. He doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know, or does he? We haven't seen an photos or footage of The Vision yet. We've seen the android painted in publicity banners, but those aren't always 100% accurate to how the characters will look in the actual movie when it's released. So when Bettany tells us,“I look really different in real life. I’m red and android in the film. So I don’t know, hopefully that’ll help” … this should help to confirm that when we do see The Vision, he will look somewhat how we expect.

These two quotes, much like the second trailer for Age of Ultron, merely confirm what we already knew (or thought we knew). The second trailer showed us bits that came before/after or to the left/right of scenes that been previously released. It didn't really show us very much new (except for the lady in the cavern), but it did confirm our suspicions and feelings based on prior material. And Bettany has done the same for us here.



Hat tip to The Hollywood Reporter and their Heat Vision blog.

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McGee
McGee - 1/23/2015, 11:16 AM
Could've sworn I put on clean underwear this morning....
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/23/2015, 11:20 AM
"Gobsmacked" This is going to be my new slang word!
batz11
batz11 - 1/23/2015, 11:20 AM
I think I drank too much, swear I commented on this already...
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/23/2015, 11:21 AM
Deja vu.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/23/2015, 11:23 AM
^ at least any fears of that have been put to rest
batz11
batz11 - 1/23/2015, 11:24 AM
Yeah, that's the biggest quote Gus, those gray and pink toys have been pissing me off....
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/23/2015, 11:26 AM
"I'm going to gobsmack the shit outta someone today!! "


I think it flows well.

SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 1/23/2015, 11:26 AM
@TheAmbassador I'm curious, what did he say in the past?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 1/23/2015, 11:27 AM
I feel like one has to be British in order to pull off using "gobsmack" in everyday language. Freaking Brits...
ShadowakaTankD
ShadowakaTankD - 1/23/2015, 11:28 AM
at least he can finally say hes part of a successful franchise. he was doin some shit movies for a while there. Now he hit the goldmine as visison. I always thought he was to good for shit like legion and priest...
batz11
batz11 - 1/23/2015, 11:29 AM
All you guys need some Gobstoppers...

sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/23/2015, 11:30 AM
@sauronsbane I know. It felt alright typing it. But when I told my co-worker, they was like "naw that dont work".
ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/23/2015, 5:12 PM
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Thank you to the readers and commenters who've perused this article again for the third time.

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