Peter Dinklage On Playing 'Boliver Trask' In X-MEN: DOFP

Peter Dinklage On Playing 'Boliver Trask' In X-MEN: DOFP

In an interview with EW, the Game Of Thrones actor reveals that he doesn't quite see his character Boliver Trask, the man responsible for creating the Sentinels, as an out-and-out villain, and more "blind" and "arrogant". Read on for more..

By MarkCassidy - Oct 01, 2013 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: Entertainment Weekly



We haven't heard much from Game Of Thrones' Peter Dinklage when it comes to his role as Boliver Trask in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days Of Future Past, but now the actor has spoken a little about how he's approaching the character to EW. Although Trask was described initially as the movie's "main villain", and is a notoriously ruthless bigot in the comics, Dinklage reveals that he'll be playing him with a few more layers than that. “I didn’t want to play the villain,” Dinklage told EW. “He’s a man of science. He’s a man of invention. He actually sees what he’s doing as a good thing — [his ambition is] definitely blind and he’s quite arrogant. He’s strove all his life for a certain respect and attention.” So it seems we might be getting yet another, at least slightly, sympathetic villain for this one. Dinklage also says theta he'll have some tough political competition in the movie. “He’s up against Richard Nixon. He’s got some hurdles.” More at the link below.

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SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/1/2013, 8:42 AM
Puck!

IM53
IM53 - 10/1/2013, 8:55 AM
The Dink is king. Acting is his hobby,getting ass is his job.
gambgel
gambgel - 10/1/2013, 9:06 AM
He will nail this role!

Cant wait to see all his scenes and the interaction with the other characters
Canon108
Canon108 - 10/1/2013, 9:10 AM
Good actor, but this is a complete and total miscast. Trask was always the anti Tony Stark...or the version of Stark that exclusively works for Shield. No disrespect, but Dinklage doesn't fit the build. If you agree with this casting choice than you'd be cool with him taking over the ironman role once RDJ is done...
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 10/1/2013, 9:12 AM
Boliver?
jerryblake
jerryblake - 10/1/2013, 9:16 AM
i'm wondering who's the real villain in this movie ...
future Trask ? Onslaught ?
SoundWave
SoundWave - 10/1/2013, 9:26 AM
Ммм))) Nixon must be in the mivie too!
TheWolverine08
TheWolverine08 - 10/1/2013, 9:28 AM
In before the fanboy bitching.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 10/1/2013, 9:30 AM
@ManOfReal

shame that there's no Angel in this one. If Apocalypse is the real vilain, Angel should be one of four horsemen.

But i think it could be Onslaught too ...

from Wiki : "Onslaught was a sentient psionic entity created from the consciousness of two mutants: Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto. During a battle between the X-Men and Magneto's Acolytes, Professor Xavier used his telepathic powers to shut down Magneto's mind, rendering him catatonic"

Guess that would made more sense ...

ComicFan1134
ComicFan1134 - 10/1/2013, 9:50 AM
Whatever, This Guy Is Epic!
jbak368
jbak368 - 10/1/2013, 9:52 AM
I'm pretty sure he could totally be an awesome Tony Stark.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/1/2013, 10:19 AM
He is a stud!
FoxForce5
FoxForce5 - 10/1/2013, 11:56 AM
Dinklage will own this roll (a convincing villain should never see themselves as the villain, no matter how terrible what they are doing seems) but I still have ZERO faith in anything X-Men related that Fox touches!
deamon
deamon - 10/1/2013, 2:49 PM
@Young Thanos
I see you don't know to much about this movie, but have to sh... like other trolls.

Dinklage is Bolivar Trask in 1973.
Duke is Senator Trask in 2000+.
beane2099
beane2099 - 10/1/2013, 2:53 PM
I love the Dinklage!
beane2099
beane2099 - 10/1/2013, 3:04 PM
This argument about this Trask or that Trask is just silly. Now it's true that Ratner used that name for fan service. But retcons happen in comics ALL THE TIME. The guy we thought was Dr. Doom was really a robot, or that time Thanos fought Kazar (and LOST)it was really a Thanos clone or whatever. Are they not allowed to the same thing in movies? It's not that hard to explain away. The characters we see in X Men would comprise all of like .00000000001 % of that world's population. It's entirely possible that there might be more than one guy named Trask out there. Hell in the real world we have Morton Downey Jr and ROBERT Downey Jr. And guess what, they're not related! (I know the Jr in their name has nothing to do with that. The fact that they're both Jr's was a happy coincidence).
TheGoat
TheGoat - 10/1/2013, 4:16 PM
Wait, jr isn't their last names?

Mind blown.
konoyaro
konoyaro - 10/1/2013, 9:55 PM
love me some Dinkie,but this movie is gonna suck,wait and see another Singer stupid "own agenda" inserted into the movie contest.
after watching superman return and how he identified the character,terrible misguided concept,i just cant watch his movies animore
MrAisA
MrAisA - 10/1/2013, 11:02 PM
@Canon108 I would be very cool with him taking over the Iron Man role, that is, if they ever decide to reboot it; I don't think it would work if they just slid him into Avengers IV.
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