Jared Leto Plays a Vampire Scientist in ‘Morbius’: Everything to Know About the Superhero Movie
usmagazine.comFresh blood. Jared Leto is returning to the superhero genre, but this time, his character also happens to be a vampire.The Oscar winner, 50, stars as Dr.
Michael Morbius in the new movie Morbius, which is based on comic books in the Spider-Man universe. The film finally debuted on Friday, April 1, after several delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.“What I loved about this is it was an opportunity to bring the character to life for the very first time,” the Dallas Buyers Club star told Screen Rant in an interview published on Thursday, March 31, explaining why he decided to take on the role. “And it’s harder and harder to do that, because a lot of these incredible, iconic characters have been portrayed.
They’ve been realized before. So, that was really exciting to start from scratch.”Though Morbius first appeared in an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1971, the character has never made an appearance on the big screen. Stephen Norrington, who directed 1998’s Blade, played Morbius in a cameo role in that film, but the scene was ultimately cut from the movie.
When Guillermo del Toro directed Blade II in 2002, he did not have the rights to use the character.Leto previously played the Joker in 2016’s Suicide Squad, but as fans know, the Batman supervillain has appeared on screen many times before.
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