Paul Bettany Will Return as Vision in More Marvel Films

Paul Bettany is an actor I really like, but his choices in roles have been a bit of a mixed bag. The actor has up until now lent his voice to the helpful A.I. JARVIS in the Marvel cineverse, and he'll become the Vision (a helpful android) in Avengers: Age of Ultron. In a recent interview, Bettany spoke about how his new role will help with his career choices, the research he put into playing the character, and more.

He told News Australia:

“That’s the really great thing about the Marvel gig for me. I have never known if I have had a job six months out ever in my life. And now I know that they have plans and I can be even more judicious about the stuff that I do outside of that work. I can wait for the right thing and feel really attached to it.”

Which is great news on all fronts. With Captain America: Civil War shooting in six months, it seems like the Vision will appear in that movie. It also sounds like he will be able to turn down movies like Mortdecai, which Johnny Depp apparently talked him into doing.

Bettany talked about his preparation for the role of Vision and the experience of shooting Age of Ultron:

“I did a lot of research — and my research was watching all of the films. I realised [sic] they are so interlinked and I wanted to understand the universe I was in. So I did and it was a really amazing, fun experience. Everybody made me feel really at home and I have no bad stories — they are really funny people and really creative. I have never seen sets that big in my whole career. I have never seen set pieces like it — we were in a set that felt like a town.”

I can't wait to see how JARVIS changes into the Vision and what the costume he's wearing looks like. Avengers: Age of Ultron starts its box office assault May 1st (USA).

H/T: SHH