british actor Aaron Taylor Johnson is an expert in film adaptations of comics. He starred in “Kick-Ass” (2010) and its sequel Kick-Ass 2 (2013), played Pietro Maximoff in the post-credits scene of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) and had a larger role in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015). Later, he had a small role in “The king’s man: the first mission” (2021) and now he will star in “Kraven, the hunter” (2023).
physical and mental preparation
In a few weeks, Aaron Taylor-Johnson will start shooting “Kraven, the hunter”, in charge of JC Chandor. On a recent photo shoot for Hero Magazinethe actor demonstrates part of his physical work to become the powerful antagonist.
In the images, Taylor-Johnson can be seen in situations reminiscent of Kraven, especially one in which the British actor poses behind a piece of straw looking carefully at his prey. This is not a promotion of the movie, but of the preparation of the character.
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In an interview with a Spider-Man
In an interview with Andrew Garfield as an interviewer, for Hero Magazine. Aaron talked about the physical demands that he is having to look as much like Kraven as possible, a character we know from the comics of Marvel.
“It’s like you see it from the physical aspect, because that’s what you can see in a comic. You say to yourself, ‘Oh, he looks like that, so I have to look like that.’ You see it and then you start to go back and go deeper, and you say: ‘This is the origin of him’, then he has these relationships, ”he expressed for Garfield.
He further added: “It’s another new challenge, we talk about putting you under pressure all the time. I don’t walk away from it, I don’t know what it is, but I’m always attracted to what could give me a physical or mental blow!
What else is known about “Kraven the Hunter”?
The movie “Kraven the Hunter” will be released on January 13, 2023. It will be directed by JC Chandor and will feature a cast headed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven, Ariana DeBose as Calypso, Russell Crowe as Kraven’s father, Fred Hechinger as Chameleon, among others.