Writer-director Drew Pearce "chose all the illogical takes that didn't make any sense and put them together," Kingsley says, "and there's Trevor." Kingsley also gets to whip out his best Sean Connery impression, which he improvised over the three-day short-film shoot. There is a flashback sequence to when Trevor played a Russian super-spy, which finds Kingsley sporting a flowing brown wig, thick mustache and what looks like one of Don Johnson's white Miami Vice suits. They all come out in this extraordinary interview," says Kingsley, 70.Īll Hail the King allows him to play variations in character, just as he did in Iron Man 3. "The worst aspects are the most endearing aspects of Trevor: his vanity, his narcissism, his pomposity, his total indifference to the real world around him.
25).įor the first half of Iron Man 3, the second-highest grossing movie ($409 million) of 2013, Kingsley was threatening the world - and the well-being of Downey's Tony Stark - as the mysterious terrorist The Mandarin. He revisits Trevor for All Hail the King, a 15-minute Marvel One-Shot featured on the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray/DVD release (out Feb.
"I realized I really enjoy playing this total odd concoction of a survivor, a great opportunist and, when you think about it, not a bad actor," says Kingsley. Kingsley was having way too much fun living the nutty life of the eccentric Liverpudlian actor who fooled everybody, even Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). When filming a Marvel Studios short film starring his Iron Man 3 faux villain, Trevor Slattery, the 70-year-old knighted actor didn't want to come out of character to do an interview for a studio press kit. Sir Ben Kingsley doesn't always want to be Sir Ben Kingsley. Kingsley says he loves playing the %27complexity%27 of the character.%27All Hail the King%27 allows him to play variations in character%2C just as he did in %27Iron Man 3%27.The 15-minute film is featured on the %22Thor%3A The Dark World%22 Blu-ray/DVD release.