Genre fans will know Jared Harris for a number of reasons. Here in the GYCO office he is fondly remembered as David Robert Jones in the excellent FOX/Warner Bros. series Fringe.
The actor is currently filming on Sony Pictures Morbius, the latest in the so-called Spider-verse which doesn’t yet feature the Wallcrawler himself.
Harris recently sat down with Collider and discussed what attracted him to the Marvel property.
“I knew that I would get to work with Matt [Smith] again, so I was excited about that,” said Harris. “We’ve become friends. We became friends on The Crown, and we stayed in touch, so that seemed like it would be fun. And then, I’m a fan of those movies. I grew up reading comic books, so I enjoy watching those films, and it seemed like it would be fun to be a part of it. I can’t say too much about it because, as you know, they are extremely strict about keeping a lid on everything, even naming the characters’ names.”
The actor also discussed working with director Daniel Espinosa.
“I haven’t been on it that much so far, but a director’s job is to figure out a way of telling a story to an audience where you can still surprise them and it’s still fresh,” explained Harris. “That seems possible, especially being that they have a fantastic element. You need to be able to, on the one hand, have it be grounded in an emotional reality. And at the same time, you need to be able to have the license to go to extremes of the imagination and fantasy. The director is the person who’s sitting there watching it, and I’m walking that line, if you like. They’re always aware of whether or not it feels real, and whether or not it feels right, for the tone of the story.”
Jared Leto takes the lead in the latest of Sony’s Spider-Man spin-offs. The movie is due to release July 31, 2020.
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