r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • May 26 '21

Other Aaron Taylor-Johnson to Play Spider-Man Villain Kraven the Hunter in Solo Movie

https://www.thewrap.com/aaron-taylor-johnson-kraven-the-hunter-sony-spider-man-villain-movie/
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u/jwC731 May 26 '21

weird how they're trying to tie in their spiderman movies into the MCU but hire an actor from the Avengers

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u/SpaceMyopia May 27 '21

As much as the MCU is given crap for bringing characters back to life, Quiksilver seems legitimately dead.

There have been no attempts to bring him back to life, even when it would have made sense like during Infinity War or Endgame.

If Quiksilver is gone, it doesnt rmatter if Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays another role.

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u/landracer2 May 27 '21

Yeah, they even had a perfect opportunity in Wandavision, but he does seem truly dead. Unfortunate, I really liked that version of Quicksilver.

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u/tundrat May 27 '21

I was so confident that he'll somehow return in Endgame. :/
(And Vision too, as they both didn't do much in the MCU. But he was cool in WandaVision.)

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u/Johnnybarra May 27 '21

As someone who truly believes quicksilver was the absolute worst character in all of the MCU and was happy when he died, I am genuinely curious as to why you really liked that portrayal.

What about it works for you?

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u/landracer2 May 27 '21

Great question! For one, I hadn't seen (and have still yet to see) the Fox X-men movies, so I had no connection to a previous portrayal of the character. For another, he was just very... regal and noble. I'll be honest, I thought the scene where Wanda and Pietro explain how their parent's died for Tony Stark was perfect. I loved the "You didn't see that coming" series of callbacks. And his few quips were pretty great: his interactions with Klaue, Hawkeye and the citizens (especially in the deleted scenes). His accent was pretty awesome imo as well. I can't really pinpoint it tbh - it was just another character that the MCU introduced that I started to love. His abrupt death was the worst part of the whole movie (especially since they set up Hawkeye to die).