At the same time, that big, green scary pig’s head is doing a lot just by being there. No, they don’t restrict it, but certain things don’t communicate as easily. Did the prosthetics restrict your performance at all? Thus, this was your first role with prosthetics. But, they did seem to adjust without a lot of exertion. And, in another way, they are so self-sufficient that you get less of an idea. So, one might get more of an insight because they’re two people that are talking to each other and communicating. One of the things about Anna and Ryan is that, because they are a duo, they deal with whatever they’ve got to do between themselves. From your vantage point, did they adjust to their first tentpole film with relative ease? You’ve also worked on plenty of studio blockbusters. You worked with Captain Marvel co-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck on the indie film Mississippi Grind. I think that the other things going around tend to support it more than anything else. It’s not a conscious or considered effort in a lot of ways. You already should’ve accounted for a lot of that by the time you’ve had the opportunity to work on these types of roles. I think all of that stuff –– channeling the darker times –– is something you learn to do relatively early in your working life. When you play darker characters, are you the kind of actor who channels a dark time in their life in order to capture the feeling of these characters, or do you trust the text and your performance to elicit such feelings? It’s a brilliant modern sort of psychological thriller, but it’s not necessarily easy going, that one. I talked to Michelle Williams recently, and she did the Broadway version of Una, which is called Blackbird. However, which role were you happiest to rinse off of you? There’s not a lot of boxes left to tick if you frame it in that way.Īctors often say that they have to love their characters, even if they’re villainous. The Bond villain is quite the first love. In a wide-ranging conversation with THR, Mendelsohn also touches on his remaining dream roles, rolling with the punches when it comes to reshoots, his kinship with actor Scoot McNairy and the characters he’d like to revisit someday.īatman, Star Wars, Marvel, Spielberg –– are there any franchise sandboxes left that you want to play in? A Bond villain perhaps? I respected him greatly for that because he could’ve been a real dick that day.” He adds this of Hardy: “Tom is a formidable guy, but he’s also capable of real gentleness and gentlemanliness. I was thanking God that it was Tom and not some cowboy because you’ve got to be able to trust the people that you’re doing that stuff with,” recalls the actor. It’s very easy to get hurt when you’re doing small battle or confrontation stuff.
“Tom had to do a lift-and-twist-the-head-off thing, and I don’t relish that stuff very few people do. Now that Mendelsohn has added a prosthetic masked menace to his resume, he can’t help but express his gratitude to his The Dark Knight Rises co-star, and mask actor extraordinaire, Hardy. His most memorable scene from the film, as corrupt businessman John Daggett, came when he realized he’d underestimated the villainous Bane ( Tom Hardy), who takes Daggett’s life.
“There was no reason to think any differently, but she pestered me and thank God I did it.” “I’ve done a lot of in my life, and I’ve never gotten a result,” Mendelsohn says. As he recalls, his former agent had to convince him to send in an audition tape. It’s sorta like the effect of seeing a snake the snake doesn’t necessarily have to do a lot to be something that you’re going to watch out for.” Mendelsohn tells The Hollywood Reporter.Īfter casting directors became enamored with Mendelsohn via 2010 indie sensation Animal Kingdom, the Emmy winner was put on the radar of American audiences thanks to 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises- his first foray into the world of superheroes and blockbuster filmmaking. “That big, green scary pig’s head is doing a lot just by being there. Mileage typically varies when it comes to actors and their experiences with prosthetics, but Mendelsohn seemed unencumbered as far as his performance and comfort level are concerned. Talos, in Skrull form, speaks in Mendelsohn’s native Australian tongue while his SHIELD agent character speaks with an American accent. Besides their markedly different looks, each baddie differentiates themselves via their accents. Since Talos shape-shifts during the film, as part of the ongoing war to defeat the Kree (including Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers), Mendelsohn is tasked with playing a second role in the film: Nick Fury’s (human) boss at SHIELD. Mendelsohn returns to the big screen as the shape-shifting alien and Skrull leader, Talos, in Captain Marvel, a role which required the veteran Australian actor to wear a prosthetic mask for the first time in his career.
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