Peter Dinklage on TOXIC AVENGER and Playing a Monster in an "Over-The-Top Crazy Movie"
Last year it was announced that Peter Dinklage was going to star in Legendary Pictures’ reboot of Troma’s cult classic film The Toxic Avenger. Dinklage will take on the title role and in a recent interview with Empire, he opens up about the film and why he decided to take on such a crazy and different role.
“It’s a lot of fun. I just wanted to do something that I’ve never done before. So why not be a monster in an over-the-top, crazy movie, and why not sing in another one?”
I think Dinklage is an awesome choice for the role and I’m excited to see him in the role and see how he brings this crazy-ass character to life.
Actor Macon Blair (Blue Ruin, Green Room) is set to direct their reboot of the ‘80s cult classic. The original film told the story of a bullied janitor who becomes a mutant superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste and transforms into a radioactive hero. The synopsis reads:
Based on the 1984 cult classic of the same name. Set in a fantasy world following Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for. After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him.
Dinklage went on to say the film is not a remake, and talked about the kind of films that Troma made back in the day saying:
“It’s not a remake. I just like guerrilla filmmaking. Those movies – they just made them, no matter what. They just did it because they love doing it. Some of them are not the best, but some are so much fun. When you make movies too clean, it can distance the audience. They want to feel the dirt under their fingernails. I think those Troma films definitely dipped the audience in toxic waste.”
Dinklage is joined by Jacob Tremblay, Kevin Bacon, Taylour Paige, Elijah Wood and Julia Davis. There’s no word on when the movie will be released, but when it is, I’m sure it going to be an insane ride.