Tim Roth Reveals the Real Reason He Joined the MCU and Whether He'd Be Down to Return for DOOMSDAY or SECRET WARS
Academy Award nominated actor Tim Roth is best known for the gritty roles he has taken on in Quentin Tarantino films, the historical Oscar-nominated film Rob Roy, the crime drama series Lie to Me, and much more.
The actor surprisingly took on roles in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake and Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk, which seemed like two completely different projects for him, and he opened up about the main reason in a recent interview with GamesRadar+, where he explained:
"That I did originally to make my kids embarrassed at school. I did a couple of movies like that. I did Planet of the Apes for that [reason] as well, just to literally to embarrass him at school."
Nearly a decade and a half after first playing Emil Blonksy/Abomination, the actor agreed to return for the 2022 series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law on Disney+. His kids were too old to be embarrassed by that point, so why make the comeback?
"They just called me up and said: 'How'd you fancy...?' And I was like, 'What?!' And it was just so daft. But I liked Tatiana [Maslany]. She was fascinating to watch on set. She had so much on her plate, and she was so in control of it.
“But she's also incredibly funny. She's married to a guy [Brendan Hines] who was in a series that I did called Lie to Me years ago, so we had like a reunion when we were up there making it. And Mark Ruffalo is hilarious!"
The series ended with Wong breaking Abomination out of the Department of Damage Control's Supermax prison, taking him to Kamar Taj to continue his rehabilitation.
He hasn't closed the door on returning, but would he show up in Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars if asked? "Yeah, just go. Be fun," he replied with a smile.
Who wouldn’t want a small part in the massive Marvel Cinematic Universe? You get to meet a ton of cool people, play around on set, and take home a paycheck. It’s kind of a no-brainer.
But we will just have to wait and see if the character returns.