Willem Dafoe's JUSTICE LEAGUE Role Revealed to Be Vulko
Earlier this year we learned that Willem Defoe had joined the cast of Zack Snyder's Justice League, and today we know who exactly he'll be playing! According to the various reports from the film's set, he will be taking on the role of Vulko, who is a mentor to Jason Momoa's Aquaman.
According to JoBlo, the character is described as being from another generation than Aquaman "with his costume being more courtly and elaborate, including silvery, washed out colors and a lot of gil elements around the neck, with the idea being that Atlantean culture was once above water and that their skin has adapted to breathing underwater."
Here's a little history on the character for those of you not familiar:
Nuidis Vulko was the the royal advisor to Aquaman. He was one of the leaders of Atlantis' scientific community, and several times ruled Atlantis in Aquaman's absence. When Aquaman left the throne to live among the surface dweller's, it was Vulko that was left to deal with the backlash of Arthur's attempts to bring the Atlaneans out of isolation from the surface world. When the Atlantean royal seal went missing, most of the Atlanteans believed that it was a surface dweller diplomat that was responsible and they sought war with the surface because of this. It was Vulko, with the help of Aquaman and Nuada Silverhand, that was able to diffuse the situation by proving that Ocean Master was actually responsible.
The character has superhuman strength and is strong enough to take on Superman if he wanted to. He also has the ability to leap great heights. There's no word on how big of a role Vulko will have in Justice League, but he will also most likely appear in the standalone Aquaman film coming out in 2018.
Defoe seems like the perfect actor to take on this role, and I can't wait to see what his character looks like!
Justice League is set for release on November 17th, 2017.