Emma Corrin Was Ready To Undergo 'Huge Transformation' To Become Cassandra Nova For 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
No regimen necessary it seems. How quaint.
The press tour for the highly anticipated Deadpool sequel Deadpool & Wolverine from Marvel Studios has officially begun ahead of the film’s July 26 release. All of its stars are hyping up the release and partaking in major publications’ online video series, like WIRED’s “Autocomplete Interview”, or in this case, British GQ’s “Actually Me” for Emma Corrin, who’s playing the villain Cassandra Nova in the film. And they had quite the reveal.
Corrin says they requested a personal trainer in order to take on whatever vigorous regimen was necessary to physically become her character. However the studio turned her down, simply because it was unnecessary. This is funny because I did ask if I could have a personal trainer and they said no,” the The Crown actor recalled. “They said I don’t have to undergo any physical training. I was so ready to undergo a huge transformation but they were like, ‘That’s absolutely not required of you. Please stand down.’ I tried.”
Nova, who in the comics is a being known as the Mummudrai, a bodiless alien parasite that appeared to Charles Xavier while in utero, copied his DNA, and birthed as his ultimate opposite, considered an “evil twin”, hasn’t had the specifics of her role revealed yet, or if those origins will carry over. She has made a lair out of the dead body of Ant-Man's giant form and now appears to lead a group of mutants, including Aaron Stanford's returning Pyro and Tyler Mane's Sabretooth, whose return was first revealed in a spot last week.
Corrin also gushed to Entertainment Weekly about the character’s comic accurate ensemble. While no dramatic transformation was necessary to achieve the look, it’s one that includes a high-collared, floor-length beige jacket that "you could swish like a tail," the actor says; a sgaep, white button-down shirt; high-waisted pleated pants; riding boots that gave Corrin a feeling of being "so powerful;" a bald cap; and "huge, long fingers that they joke fostered deep resentment from the makeup department. "I'd constantly lose a nail, and fingers would fly everywhere."
They also told that star Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy had Inglourious Basterds villain Hans Landa, played by Christoph Waltz helped mold their vision for the character. “He’s so disarmingly polite and nice and unaffected, and it’s really creepy,” Corrin described. “It’s all the more sinister because he doesn’t need to do anything.” They continued “Ryan and Shawn pitched this idea, which I was totally on board with: ‘We want this villain to not be a villain in the sense that you expect them to be. We want you to be so endeared by her, so charmed by her, and just when you think that maybe she’s totally seen into your soul and you are going to be best friends for life, you’re dead.'”
After Deadpool & Wolverine releases July 26, Corrin has Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu out at Christmas.
Sources: Variety, Entertainment Weekly