I also would like to see him and Batman in a situation together. I’d definitely like to see him trying to herd the cats and to wrangle some people. So you get to see him try to be the adult of the group. He doesn’t like to work with other people, but that was a situation where he was forced to work with people.
BLACK MANTA AQUAMAN DOES SERIES
Black Manta has a lot of good comedy with Harley Quinn in the “Suicide Squad” series that I really, really like. Q: What other DC characters would you like to see Black Manta encounter?Ī: I think the Joker, because that’s another character that’s so unpredictable. There’s so many more questions to be answered: Where does he live? Where does he sleep? What does he like and dislike? I’m hoping that wherever he goes, wherever he shows up, that I have the opportunity to show all of the different facets and sides of this character. There’s so much more to him than just a guy with this drive that we’re introduced to in our movie. The guy who was really, really smart and who is a leader and takes charge. What do you think is next for the character?Ī: Hopefully we’ll get to see more of the guy that I found in the comic books. Presumably he’ll factor into a sequel, if it happens. Q: Black Manta is missing from the final battle but returns in the end credits stinger. I knew I was in something really, really cool. I put on the costume and walked on set, and you could just hear it. They weren’t expecting me to be on set that day I was just trying on the costume. You could really feel the intimidation factor. When I finally stepped into it I remember feeling so powerful and that every step counted. I wanted to wear the suit and not have the suit wear me. Q: What was it like putting on that suit for the first time?Ī: It was really exhilarating, because I had been working out for about a month and a half to get in shape. He’s got one very, very simple agenda, which makes him a very dangerous man: He wants revenge for his father, and that’s something people could relate to. He’s a guy who just operates on a different wavelength than a lot of the other villains. If he wanted to destroy you, he’d come up to you close and drive a knife through your heart. He wasn’t out for an evil plot to take over the world. Q: What stuck out about Black Manta’s character to you?Ī: He wasn’t a guy who was going to blast you into outer space.
BLACK MANTA AQUAMAN DOES MOVIE
His post-“Aquaman” film projects include Jordan Peele’s hotly anticipated March horror movie “Us,” Netflix’s “All Day and a Night” from “Black Panther” co-writer Joe Robert Cole, and the immigrant love story “Sweetness in the Belly.” He’s also part of another major event for comics fans: HBO’s secretive “Watchmen” series, inspired by the groundbreaking graphic novel by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins.īe warned: This interview contains minor plot spoilers for “Aquaman.” I wanted to feel the ground beneath my feet.”Ībdul-Mateen has a big 2019 ahead. “So I told my trainer I wanted to be heavy on my feet. “I had just come off ‘The Greatest Showman,’ so I was really light and I was moving sort of like a dancer,” Abdul-Mateen said. Preparing to play a mortal who holds his own in battle against a muscular half-Atlantean superhero, of course, involved a fair amount of training. A very focused, morally ambiguous, extremely skilled and highly intelligent guy. Then Aquaman comes aboard the ship and takes that away from him.”įor Abdul-Mateen, Manta is just a guy who’s trying to take something back that was taken away from him. He’s coming off this success and his father’s just given him this gift.
He’s coming off a personal win with his father,” said Abdul-Mateen. This enthusiasm persuaded him to seek out some comics and further develop his understanding of the “Aquaman” villain. “They love the suit and they love the helmet and they love his wit and his dry sense of humor.”
It wasn’t until he saw chatter from fans online that he realized Black Manta was more than just his signature helmet. Having never been much of a comics reader, Abdul-Mateen wasn’t very familiar with the character. The Yale School of Drama-trained actor admits he was initially skeptical about playing Black Manta, the knife-wielding vengeful mercenary he brings to life in the James Wan-helmed DC superhero hit.
For “Aquaman” co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the journey to his latest role really started with opening up a comic book and becoming a fan.
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