New images from the film The Toxic Avenger show that actor Elijah Wood no longer has anything of the kind hobbit. He even looks like he has orc blood in this remake from a cult film from the 80s.
The inspiration for this character comes rather from Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Dany DeVito version of the Penguin in Batman Returns (1992), revealed director Macon Blair. “The idea was to make us forget that it’s Elijah we know from Lord of the Rings or something else,” he explained to Entertainment Weeklyspecifying that the character’s appearance was developed through discussions with the actor and the film’s artistic team.
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Peter Dinklage in The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger is a remake from a low-budget film released in 1984 which tells the story of how a bullied young janitor becomes an oversized, disfigured beast with superhero musculature after falling into a barrel of radioactive residue… Becoming a cult classic, the work was transformed into a franchise that includes four films, an animated series and a series of comic book published by Marvel.
In the new version, it’s Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister from Games Of Thrones) who plays the toxic avenger. “As in the original work [le personnage] is particularly unqualified to become a hero, specifies the director. He is not particularly courageous, he has no particular talent. » Except that his heart is “in the right place”.
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Kevin Bacon in The Toxic Avenger
In addition to Elijah Wood and Peter Dinklage, this new version of The Toxic Avenger counts on the participation of another star, Kevin Bacon, who plays an industrial villain whom Macon Blair describes as being in the mold of Lex Luthor, the villain in Superman. The Toxic Avenger will have its world premiere at the Austin Fantastic Fest, beginning Thursday in Austin, Texas.