Aaron Taylor-Johnson may not be confirmed for "Avengers: Age of Ultron," but the actor continues to speak about his upcoming role as Quicksilver.
The British actor, who is currently making the press rounds for his upcoming role in "Kick-Ass 2," spoke to Total film about the perspective of playing the superhero. He explained that he already started researching the role and has read some of the comics to learn more about his relationship with the character's sister Scarlet Witch.
"There's years - over 50 years - of backstory on him all there to use, and I like doing that. Him and his sister 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," said Taylor-Johnson. "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."
Taylor-Johnson also revealed that he wanted to transform into the character and that he was discussing the look of the character with Marvel. "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."
He continued, "It's about - unless you're Jim Carrey or Nic Cage and go 'This is the character', people go 'OK, OK...' When people haven't been shown your range like that, then they're a bit more skeptical - they may not want you to push the boundaries in that way," he said. "But that's what I'm interested in as an actor..."
Taylor-Johnson has been open speaking about the role lately, as he recently told MTV that he had already been in talks with director Joss Whedon. "I think he's an interesting character, and we're just gonna keep going into that. I sat down with Joss, I think he's awesome; I sat down with the guys at Marvel and they're also great. I think it'd be interesting," said Taylor-Johnson.
Disney is rumored to announce the casting news at the D23 expo.
"Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" is currently in pre-production and will star Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Scarlet Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Cobie Soulders. The new movie will start principal photography in late February or early March in 2014 and will shoot in London. Disney will later release "Avengers: Age of Ultron" in 2015.