Veep alum Sam Richardson says his role in the upcoming film The Tomorrow War has whetted his appetite for more action projects -- and that he wants to play one of the X-Men's founding members.
Richardson revealed at the "Big Screen Is Back" event that he'd love to play Marvel's Hank McCoy/Beast at some point in the future, comparing the mutant hero to his Veep character, Richard Splett. "I think Beast is like a big blue-haired Richard Splett," the actor told Variety.
Beast was previously played on the big screen by Kelsey Grammer in X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past, with Nicholas Hoult playing a younger version of the character in X-Men: First Class, Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool 2 and Dark Phoenix.
In Veep, Richardson's Richard Splett starts off as a campaign aide to lead character Selina Meyer, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who does manage to win the presidency. Splett later undertakes a political career of his own, ultimately going on to become President of the United States in his own right. Notably, Louis-Dreyfus herself recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, portraying Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
The Tomorrow War centers on a group of soldiers who are drafted to fight a war 30 years in the future. The film was originally slated to have a theatrical premiere, though will now premiere on Prime Video after Paramount Pictures sold it to Amazon Studios. An official synopsis for the film can be found below.
In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.
Directed by Chris McKay, The Tomorrow War stars Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Jasmine Mathews, Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Keith Powers. The film arrives on Amazon Prime Video July 2.
Source: Variety
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