Jeremy Irons recently spoke with Variety, on his experience on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League as the character of Alfred Pennyworth. During the interview Irons mentions that the Batman film will begin filming next Summer, which coincides with Joe Manganiello’s claim that he begins filming in the Spring.
With the idea that Jeremy Irons only has to shoot a certain length of time he wouldn’t need to be on set at the very start.
Do you find bigger films like “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” as fulfilling as the smaller projects?
Less so, because they’re so slow. There’s a lot of waiting around and then a huge amount of publicity. One spends 70% of the time doing publicity, 10% of the time filming, and 20% of the time waiting.
I love working with Ben [Affleck] and Zack Snyder. They’ve been fun.
What was your approach to Alfred? He seems more a man of action than previous takes on the character?
I remember an evening with Paul Getty, who was a neighbor of mine, now sadly dead. We drove up to his lovely house. A very nice gentleman opened up the car door. Then another very nice gentleman took the car and parked it somewhere. Another nice gentleman took my coat. And then another nice gentleman gave me a glass of champagne. And all those nice gentleman were SAS. I thought, that’s Alfred. He’s a man who will take care of his boss, whether he’s making coffee or pouring champagne or flying his airplane.
Will he have more to do in “Justice League” than he did in “Batman v Superman”?
Similar, but then, of course, Ben’s going to make a Batman film next summer. He promises me there’s going to be a bit more of Alfred in that. In the “Justice League” we have seven major lead characters and I’m the butler to one of them. It’s clear I will not be dominating that film.
Were you upset by the harsh reviews for “Batman v Superman”?
Not at all. I was very pleased by the numbers. Zack seems to get a hard time from the press, which is strange. I don’t know if it has to do with the sort of secrecy that surrounds the making of it all. But the audience liked it, which in the end is all that matters.
Source: Variety.com
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