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Hes a powerful being from an extinct alien world that ended up destroying itself.
Venturing through deep space, he arrives wielding unfathomable cosmic powers on an idealistic quest to save the galaxy.
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In another universe, that might describe a beloved superhero.
I knew nothing about Thanos.
And it was great.
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I got to start from scratch.
I bring that up because you go, who is he?
Kind of an amalgamation of people, to me.
You want to really go out on a limb?
Because its not okay to actually parallel with people.
But he doesnt divert from his intention at all.
Who could be like that?
[Laughs]
I understand.
I do.But at the same time you feel for him.
You have this struggle watching him.
Its this love-hate thing, you know?
So I dont know … Who in our society do we love and hate?
He looks like a Neanderthal.
He has that swagger of someone who uses his strength to intimidate.And thats great.
And thats your perception of it.
You see this lughead and this guy who you pigeonhole right from the first cosmetic reaction to him.
And what I see is this in this guys eyes.
This super, super, super intelligence.
Is he also the abusive father?
Is he cold the whole way through, or does he feel any affection for them?Yeah.
I do think he does.
Obviously he has a grand plan, like somebody whos pulling in kids for their own selfish bloodshed.
But he has a capacity to love very much and very deeply.
[Thats the true-life politician-turned-murderer Brolin played in 2009sMilk.]
What is it that damaged Thanos?
Where does this pain and anger come from?Hes different from his family.
Theyre all Titans and they all look similar, but he was born deformed.
He was an anomaly.
He was a freak.
And that lent to this apparent insanity.
Youre playing Cable inDeadpool 2, as well.
Its an interesting coincidence that youre playing these two Marvel Comics characters.
[Laughs] Ill put it that way.
Im up here right now in snowy Vancouver doing reshoots forDeadpool.
Given that its a satire of all superhero movies, especially Marvel movies, how can you not?
