Aaron Johnson officially cast as QuickSilver in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
The rumors have finally been confirmed. Aaron Johnson is officially set to play Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Earlier we shared that Samuel L. Jackson had confirmed that Elizabeth Olsen was to play Scarlet Witch in the film. Now Latino Review has confirmed that Johnson has joined the cast. Keep reading for more details.
Aaron Johnson recently spoke with Total Film about Quicksilver:
“There’s years – over 50 years – of backstory on him all there to use, and I like doing that. Him and his sister [Scarlet Witch] have been abandoned by their parents and their father, and they grew up in Eastern Europe defending and looking out for themselves and each other. His sister really is his guidance – emotionally she’s the one who looks after him, and vice versa. He’s very overprotective physically – he doesn’t want anyone touching her. He has real anger frustration – I like that. I always thought it’d be quite funny if you saw him eating loads and people asked him why and he’d explain it’s because he’s burning so much energy all the time. Or ideas that you’d see him come back round – but he’s already nipped out and got his lunch somewhere else. He just got bored – his attention span is so fucking quick.”
He went on to say how he would approach the role:
“That’s what we’re in talks about really, right now – how I could become that character and not feel forced. I might not look right with white hair, and the accent may be wrong… it just doesn’t work like that.”
Avengers: Age Of Ultron arrives on May 1, 2015.
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