Jared Leto Talks Missing The ‘My So-Called Life’ Reunion And Starring ‘Morbius’

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Jared Leto is the next big Marvel star. This week, the “Morbius” star is on the new cover of Variety, and in the issue he talks about the new film, being a snob, rock climbing and more. READ MORE: Jared Leto Says He’d ‘Love’ To Battle Tom Holland’s Spider-Man As Morbius First though, Leto is asked why he missed the big “My So-Called Life” reunion over Zoom early on in the pandemic. “No idea,” Leto says. “I hope everyone had a good time without me.” But he had to have been invited, right? “I’m sure I was.

I would’ve hoped. Maybe I wasn’t. No, I’m sure I was. What a crazy time we’re in. Not everyone’s able to make everything.” Talking about taking on the character of Morbius, Leto says, “I loved that it was the very first time this character was going to be on screen.

I’ve always been interested in transformation, and this was a way to explore that territory in a big Marvel film. It was impossible to say no.” Talking about how he embodied the character’s limp, the actor says, “I don’t want to get too specific because I’d like to keep some of that for myself.

But I leaned in — no pun unintended. I’m a sucker for a pun, but I didn’t mean that. I worked with people who had this specific physical challenge and modeled it after that.” READ MORE: Jared Leto And Anne Hathaway Put Their Marriage To The Test After Launching WeWork In ‘WeCrashed’ Trailer Though Leto admits to being “a bit of a snob when it comes to film,” and shares concerns over the state of theatrical exhibition. “If it wasn’t for Marvel films, I don’t even know if theaters would exist.