Joss Whedon Talks The Vision: 'What If He Murdered Me?'

Joss Whedon has been discussing The Vision following the android superhero’s long-awaited debut in the latest ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer.

Vision will be portrayed by long-time voice of J.A.R.V.I.S Paul Bettany, and Whedon spoke to SFX Magazine (via CBM) about the character.

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"He’s someone who’s completely different than anybody else in terms of his powers, his look, but also his perspective," Whedon said. "Once again he’s artificial life and he’s not caught up in the in-house bickering and the pain and self-doubt.

"He shows up and he’s very certain. But we’re not certain what he’s certain of! And Paul’s great, because he’s so gentle, so compelling, but at the same time you’re like ‘[scaredy-cat voice] He’s nice but… what if he murdered me?’"

To date The Vision’s role has been kept mostly under the veil. We’ve only seen him/it briefly in last week’s trailer and in the distance on posters and promo art.

Whedon also spoke to SFX about Ultron, the eponymous villain intent on tearing the Avengers apart and ending humanity, who is portrayed by James Spader.

"You know, he’s really been a mainstay of The Avengers, but for me it’s a robot who’s angry," he said Ultron. "And that was a gateway for me to a robot who’s completely irrational. I wanted to write a robot what we really haven’t seen in this kind of movie, who can basically talk all the logical robot things, but then has hissy fits!

"He also has a real perspective on who the Avengers are, and a real beef with them. He’s not a straw man. The thing that worked about Loki was that he was able to get inside everybody’s head a little bit, and Ultron, he’s got the same thing. He knows pretty much everything there is to know about these guys.

"The only way you can attack Earth’s mightiest heroes is from within."

'Avengers: Age of Ultron' will be released on 23 April.

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