![]() It was very fertile for the question.”Īmong the greatest questions surrounding Veidt (aside from the overarching “WTF?” of it all), there’s this: how does he feel about the state of the world he created, 30-odd years after the arrival of the squid? Was the cost of peace worth the millions of lives offered up in its service - was that not enough? Irons teases answers to those questions, as far as Veidt’s own meditation on his history of violence. I found a deep well of enigmatic emotions and questions in him. Whether we’re really free or not is a question that sort of isn’t answerable, but it exists. There are some things we love, some things we put up with, some things that annoy us. “There are so many aspects to him,” says the actor. 'Watchmen' Star on How That Fiery Death Raises an Existential Question: "What Is Life?" As Phillips and Crookshanks, Mison and Vickers are tasked with playing many different characters - but as Veidt, Irons feels his work is equally loaded with layers. Phillips, and more fury when the armor doesn’t work, leaving Veidt to vent his rage on a frozen corpse. Indeed, there’s more joy when Veidt invents rudimentary armor for Mr. There’s undeniable fury when the so-called Game Warden prevents Veidt from claiming said animal, due to some unknown laws between the men. There’s an undeniable joy when the so-called Smartest Man in the World shoots a bison in the eye with a bow and arrow from a good distance. Whatever world Veidt currently occupies, it’s one he occasionally loves and loathes. Indeed, he had not entirely formulated everything, but his enthusiasm was such that I thought, ‘Yeah, this is something I’d love to jump on board with and play my part.’ I find enthusiasm a drug. To play enigmas, I have always enjoyed.”įor his part, Irons said he couldn’t quite land on an answer regarding Lindelof as “insane or a genius,” and ultimately, it didn’t matter much: “He enthralled me with the ideas he had. Of course, the same can be said for Irons’ character Adrian Veidt’s plan to save the human race by slaughtering millions of people very much lies within that “so crazy it works” space, which very much appealed to Irons: “I thought was fascinating, off-the-wall, bizarre and thoroughly mesmeric to play. What would it look like if this guy was a little bit out of control, if he was spinning out of control? I wanted to tell that story.” But more importantly, in every single frame of the original Watchmen, this guy is in complete and total control - every single frame. His obsession with Alexander the Great was completely and utterly fascinating. He’s such a good-looking guy, but he doesn’t seem to be attracted to people of either gender, or even talk about things in sexual terms. He was both a philanthropist and a sociopath, apparently. “I had so many contradicting feelings to him and about him, that could only be worked out through trying to write him. “This was my favorite character in the original Watchmen, a thousand percent,” says Lindelof. (Hence the continued squid rain in HBO’s Watchmen - or so we assume, at least.) In order to thwart disaster, Veidt concocts an insane scheme, killing millions of New Yorkers with a gigantic squid monster, designed to convince the world of an imminent interdimensional invasion. A quick primer: In the graphic novel, Ozymandias recognizes impending nuclear armageddon due to rapidly accelerating tensions between America and Russia. He may be an enigmatic character to Watchmen viewers who have not read or are not familiar with the source material from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, either. Several questions still abound about Veidt’s existence within HBO’s Watchmen, of course, including why he’s living in relative isolation, surrounded by countless different Phillipses (Tom Mison) and Crookshankses (Sara Vickers). I think that’s part of what Damon is exploring.” I think it’s the same with the military, a marine or a police officer. It’s interesting that these superheroes always wear masks and costumes it gives them a feeling of strength and allows them to do more than if they weren’t wearing them. “Uniforms give you power,” says Irons, weighing in on Adrian Veidt’s first true Ozymandias moment of the series. “It doesn’t fit him as well as it used to,” Lindelof tells The Hollywood Reporter, “and that’s exactly the point.” The moment comes toward the end of episode three’s obligatory Lord of the Manor sequence, in which he dictates a letter to a mysterious adversary known only as “The Game Warden.” He signs off on the letter with the reveal of his name, with Irons purring the all-too-satisfying line delivery: “Adrian Veidt.” Moments later, Veidt (presumed dead to the world at large) is seen in his private chambers, putting on his old Ozymandias costume. 'Watchmen' Brings Another Comic Book Legend Into Focus
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