In an interview with Variety, Jude Law admitted that he didn’t have as much fun making ‘Captain Marvel’ as he’d hoped. He said that he didn’t have the freedom to make the part of Yon-Rogg his own and to experiment with the role.
Law confirmed that he had a one-picture deal with Marvel, signing on to play Carole Danvers’ friend and mentor, and (spoilers) ultimately, her first big villain, saying: “I don’t think there was much more they could get out of Yon-Rogg. That, for me, was the height of Marvel.”
Law said it was a good experience, adding: “I wish I’d been allowed to have a bit more fun with the part. I wanted [Yon-Rogg] to be more arch. I wanted to lean into the humor more. Also, those suits are hard to move in because they’re thick rubber. You go to stunt camp for a couple of months, where you’re doing all these fight rehearsals and learning to do all this stuff. And then you put the suit on, and you go, ‘Oh! I can’t touch my toes! How am I going to do all that stuff with this thing on?’ You figure it out though.”
The latest Marvel installment, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, currently has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is in line with previous entries in the franchise.
The New York Times reviewed the movie as follows: “Filmmakers like Boden and Fleck, Ryan Coogler, and Taika Waititi can put their own spin on a given story or hero, but at some point, bolts or waves of orange or blue light will come shooting out of someone’s hands, and someone else will be thrown backward and bounce off a wall. The protagonist’s costume will become a character in its own right. That protagonist — a tough and charming woman, in this case, determined to fight gender clichés at least to a draw — will be ready for a career of franchise clock-punching, along with the rest of us. You will stay through the very last credits in the hope of collecting every last Easter egg, and you’ll shuffle out of the theater feeling both satisfied and empty.”
‘Captain Marvel’ is streaming now on Disney+.
