Tim Roth Talks About the Future of His MCU Character Emil Blonsky/Abomination
Tim Roth returned to the character of Emil Blonsky/Abomination after over a decade away in Marvel’s most recent Disney+ series, She-Hulk, and it’s been a blast to have him back and see him tied into the story all these years later. But after episode 3, some fans may wonder if we will see the character again. If you haven’t seen that episode yet, spoilers ahead.
In episode 3, titled "The People vs. Emil Blonsky," the character had a parole hearing and it was found that he is reformed and able to control his transformations. He was paroled, under the agreement that he not transform into Abomination again. So Jennifer Walters ,aka She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany), has won the case, and Emil Blonsky is free to walk the streets, but does this mean we never see him again?
Roth was recently interviewed by ScreenRant, and was asked this question. He responded:
"What I loved was — and I encouraged it, and I hope this is there —dancing on a knife's edge [with Blonsky]. When he says something about his changes or treatment; when he's doing all of that... Is he though? And they believe him! So, that's good. But where do we go with that? I love having that in the character. If you have mastered the monster, which he claims he has, then he has it under control. But control to do what? Control of what and to what end? And that's the journey. It's such fun."
As far as whether or not he believes he will return to the MCU, Roth said:
"I'll tell you what, I don't know anything. I don't know what they want to do. It's fine; that's on them. That's what they do."
When asked what it was like to work on a comedy, which is not the typical choice for Roth, he explained that work on the slice-of-life legal comedy is "fun," added Roth, who last loaned his voice to the ex-villain in a Shang-Chi cameo set during an underground fight club match against Sorcerer Supreme Wong (Benedict Wong).
"Jokes are pretty hard work; this was hard work, but it was fun at the same time. The good ones to have in your life are. Sometimes you can be having a lot of fun, and it's crap—but you had a great time. That's the most important thing to me."
She-Hulk airs new episodes every Thursday on Disney+, and the season is set to have nine episodes. Check out episode 4 this week, and let us know if you’d like to see Tim Roth return as Abomination.
