Morbius’ Jared Leto on the Challenge of Playing Marvel’s Living Vampire – CBR – Comic Book Resources

Portraying Michael Morbius in the upcoming film based on the Marvel Comics character proved to be a big undertaking for Jared Leto.

There were several challengesstar Jared Leto had to face whenplaying Michael Morbius in the upcoming Marvel film,Morbius. However, Leto still had fun playing the character as he revealed in a recent interview.

Speaking to Variety, Leto spoke about portraying a Marvel character that hasn't previously been featured on the big screen, saying it allowed him to do things differently."I haven't done that very much in my life, so that was a good challenge," Leto said.The actor went on to talk about the dichotomy of Morbius, mentioning that the character starts out weak, but turns into someone powerful. "I get to play these three different characters in a way in this Jekyll and Hyde story that's just big and fun and sometimes a little scary, which, I think, is different for that genre. I'm excited about it; it should be a big, fun popcorn movie."

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Michael Morbius was introduced in 1971'sThe Amazing Spider-Man #101. The film will feature the character's origin story and will have appearances by other Marvel characters includingLoxias Crown andSimon Stroud.

Morbiusis set to be part of Sony's expanding universe of films featuringSpider-Man-related characters, including 2018'sVenom as well as its upcoming sequel,Venom: There Will Be Carnage.

Directed by Daniel Espinosa, Morbius stars Jared Leto as the titular character, Matt Smith as Loxias Crown, Adria Arjona as Martine Bancroft, Tyrese Gibson as Agent Stroud and Jared Harris in an undisclosed role. Morbius arrives in theaters on March 19, 2021.

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Source: Variety

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