New images from The Toxic Avenger show that actor Elijah Wood is no longer the kind hobbit. He even looks like he has orc blood in this remake of a cult 80s film.
The inspiration for this character comes rather from the 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 people forget that it’s Elijah that we know from Lord of the Rings or something else,” he explained to Entertainment Weekly, specifying that the character’s appearance was developed through discussions with the actor and the artistic team of the film.
The Toxic Avenger is a remake of a low-budget 1984 film that tells the story of how a bullied young janitor becomes an oversized, disfigured beast with superhero muscles after falling into a barrel of radioactive waste… Becoming a cult classic , the work was transformed into a franchise that includes four films, an animated series and a comic book series published by Marvel.
In the new version, it is Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister from Games Of Thrones) who plays the toxic avenger. “As in the original work [the character] is particularly unqualified to become a hero,” explains the director. He is not particularly courageous, he has no particular talent. » Except that his heart is “in the right place”.
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.
