Coming off the news that VisionQuest will head to small screens Oct. 14 of this year, star Paul Bettany is teasing the show as a “huge” swing in the vein of its predecessor WandaVision.
In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz for his Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Emmy-nominated actor previewed the series, calling it “moving” and “super exciting.”
“It manages to feel very much like it’s somehow a part of that world, an end to a trilogy of sorts, whilst also being very much its own thing, and it is just really good,” he said. “I’m really proud of it.”
Billed as a spinoff of the aforementioned Elizabeth Olsen vehicle and the subsequent Agatha All Along, VisionQuest is set after the events of WandaVision, which reintroduced the android character after he was killed by Thanos in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War. The new show is said to follow Vision (Bettany) as he tries to regain his memory and humanity.
Featuring alongside Bettany is James Spader, reprising his role as supervillain Ultron, as well as Todd Stashwick as Paladin, a morally gray mercenary who acts as an assassin targeting Vision’s technology, and Faran Tahir, who is once again playing Raza, the Ten Rings leader from 2008’s Iron Man.
Bettany said the show has been in its editing stages “for a long while now.” He added, “I keep seeing cuts of it that just are getting better and better, and then, as all the effects get placed in — it’s funny, it’s moving and it’s super exciting. [Showrunner Terry Matalas] did a grand job.”
Of his co-star Spader, Bettany enthusiastically said, “He is delicious. He’s so funny in this; it’s so delicious to watch him, and we loved working together.”
However, the English actor stopped short of previewing how Ultron would appear in the show. “The story is largely revolved around that relationship, and it’s real fun,” he said. “It’s fun stuff.”
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