Tim Blake Nelson is a screen icon who has racked up a long list of impressive credits across film and television. However, his latest project, Asleep in My Palm sees the actor deliver one of his best performances to date.
The movie explores the nature of parenthood and class as a father and daughter live off the grid in rural Ohio where they must confront the challenges of her sexual awakening as he escapes a violent and conflicted past. Directed by Henry Nelson and featuring a breakout performance by Chloë Kerwin, this is a very special movie that takes its leads, and the audience, to some very unexpected places.
We'll be sharing our full conversation with Tim about his work in the movie soon. However, while we had the good fortune of speaking with the actor, we asked about his return as Samuel Sterns, a.k.a. The Leader, in Captain America: Brave New World next year.
Nelson first played the character way back in 2008's The Incredible Hulk, with his final scene teasing a transformation into the iconic baddie from the comics. He hasn't been seen since, though a tie-in comic later revealed he was taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody by Black Widow.
We expect him to be Captain America: Brave New World's big bad and he confirmed during our conversation that he'll be rocking what sounds like a comic-accurate look as The Leader.
"Really excited. I had a great time filming it," Nelson told us. "And [I] worked with the Marvel team and this wonderful makeup artist named David Atherton with whom I've collaborated on a dozen movies now."
"I think people are going to be pretty excited about what this guy looks like. And what he has to say and what he does," he teased. "All power to the amazing team over there at Marvel."
Atherton's credits include Just Mercy, The Lone Ranger, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Face/Off. We'd hoped Nelson might go green for his MCU return and while that's yet to be officially confirmed, it sounds like practical effects will bring the villain to life rather than CGI, an intriguing and welcomed development.
We'll share more from the actor soon, but for now, make sure you watch the trailer for Asleep in My Palm below before it arrives in theaters on March 1, on Digital on March 19, and on streaming on April 19.
Asleep in My Palm explores the nature of parenthood and class in America as a father and daughter live off the grid in rural Ohio near a small liberal arts college. The two must face the challenges of her sexual awakening and need for independence as he escapes his violent and conflicted past. At once poignant and mordantly funny, the film delves into an America rarely seen, while juxtaposing it with the rarified privileges of an elite college in the social media age.