Don Cheadle Shares Details on War Machine's Involvement in Marvel's SECRET INVASION
Don Cheadle returns to the role of James "Rhodey" Rhodes aka War Machine for the first time in the MCU since Avengers: Endgame in the upcoming Marvel series Secret Invasion. That will lead to his own solo film titled Armor Wars. Fans have been wondering what we can expect War Machine in Secret Invasion, and the actor offers up some new details.
Cheadle will reunite with Samuel L. Jackson in the series, and they’ve appeared in several Marvel projects together, but they’ve never actually appeared together on screen, in anything, until Secret Invasion came along.
This story is set in the present-day MCU, “Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.”
When talking about working together on the series, Cheadle said: "Day one, we sat down and were like, 'This should have happened a long time ago, but it's great that it's happening now. Sam's a good friend, and I've known him a long time. It was cool to be able to sit across from him and go back and forth."
The series picks up with Rhodey as the "right hand to the president," and Cheadle describes him “as someone working closely with the White House to help contain threats.” He added, "In this one, he finds himself not directly at odds but somewhat on the other side of where Fury is.”
Cheadle went on to praise Jackson's layered performance in the series saying: "Sam gets to act, and we really get to see why he's such a revered actor." Other actors involved with the series include Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Charlayne Woodard, Killian Scott, Samuel Adewunmi, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher McDonald, Katie Finneran, with Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman.
The actor when on to offer some insight into the tone of the series and compares it to Bourne Identity, saying: "It speaks to the elasticity of what the MCU can be. This one feels much closer to a movie like Bourne Identity or something that's more along the tone of a '70s movie. It's not as much about the bells and whistles of big special effects. It's more about the intrigue and drama, the espionage and double-crosses. And I still think it fits perfectly with what the MCU is able to do and pull off."
That’s what I loved so much about Captain America: The Winter Solider, so I’m excited that we are going to get more of that!
Source: Entertainment Weekly