Last year, Preacher star Graham McTavish announced that he had been cast in Aquaman in a secret role. A year later, we still don’t know who he’s playing, but he caught up with Collider recently to talk about his involvement in the movie.
McTavish touched on that secret role once again, without giving it away. He was surprised by the level of secrecy in Hollywood these days with projects like Aquaman. McTavish went on to praise the movie based on what he’s seen from the trailer and talking to people about it. He also spoke about the unique way they went about shooting a movie that’s supposed to take place underwater. McTavish wrapped up the Aquaman portion of the interview by praising director James Wan for his attention to detail.
“This business nowadays, it’s so secretive. It’s so secretive,” said McTavish. “I mean, the role in Aquaman, I had a great time doing it, but I am slightly puzzled by the level of secrecy nowadays in movies and TV and video games. I mean the number of non-disclosure agreements you have to sign even if you’re just talking to someone about doing a video game, there’s all that sort of stuff. It’s gone to a whole new level.”
McTavish joked that he’s since forgotten who he’s playing in the film, but praised James Wan’s first big superhero production.
“I’ve seen the trailer, and certainly the people I’ve spoken to about it, I think it’s going to be really good. Jason’s great in it. So laid back, that guy. Barefoot, playing a bass guitar pretty much the entire time,” McTavish said. “I think it’s going to be very different. When you’re working on it, because of it so much blue screen, it was very difficult to get a sense of how this thing is going to look even down to the fact that all the water movement and the hair and all the rest of it is all CG’d. So there’s no real water.”
McTavish spoke about the challenges but said that it will all coalesce into a greater movie. “All that starts to become a bit disconcerting when you’re working in an environment like that after a while, it starts to play with your mind because there’s no depth. And so from a performance point of view, I think that can be quite challenging. But certainly the finished result I think is going to be incredible.”
Source: Collider
