Peter Dinklage, the actor who plays Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” appeared at San Diego Comic-Con to tease his upcoming role in Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse.”
Peter Dinklage is one of the most famous actors in Hollywood. He is known for his work in Game of Thrones and many more films.
Many fans saw The Suicide Squad as a return to filmmaker James Gunn’s beginnings as a member of Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma crew when it included extreme gore and violence. NYPD, the independent company behind Tromeo & Juliet and Sgt. Kabukiman, has a well-deserved reputation for being extremely campy and violent. It’s perhaps no surprise, however, that the star of a big-budget revival of Troma’s most known franchise has labeled it as “over-the-top.” Who is the main character? Peter Dinklage is a well-known actor. Troma’s The Toxic Avenger, which was first released in 1984 and will be released in cinemas in 2022, is the property.
Dinklage was speaking to Empire magazine about his impending role as Cyrano De Bergerac in the musical Cyrano, but he was also asked about Toxic Avenger, which is less than a year away. Following his praise for Troma’s approach to independent filmmaking, the actor provided his thoughts on the new one.
“I simply wanted to try something different,” Dinklage said to Empire. So why not play a monster in a wild, over-the-top film and sing in another?”
He said, “It isn’t a re-release. Guerrilla filmmaking appeals to me. They simply created those movies, no matter what. They just did it because they like it. Some aren’t the greatest, while others are a lot of fun. When you develop movies that are overly clean, it might put the viewer at a disadvantage. They want to dig their fingers into the ground. Those Troma movies, I believe, dipped the audience in poisonous trash.”
Dinklage is poised to appear in Legendary Pictures’ upcoming revival of the franchise. The picture revolves on a 98-pound geek from New Jersey who falls into a vat of hazardous waste and is changed into a good-natured and eventually heroic monster, based on the long-running series developed by famed schlock cinema company Troma. The main character, fondly known as “Toxie,” has become the mascot for Troma throughout the years, appearing on merchandising and title cards, in addition to the film franchise and a short-lived animated series called Toxic Crusaders.
The Toxic Avenger series is one of a handful of multi-picture franchises at Troma, including Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. and The Class of Nuke ‘Em High, yet only Toxic Avenger has garnered public recognition outside of the indie cinema world. It did, however, dabble with environmental concerns and the same humorous criticism of the superhero genre that helped Deadpool become a hit years later.
During a 2016 interview at the Twin Tiers Comic Con, Troma CEO Lloyd Kaufman said, “The individuals that created [Deadpool] are all enormous fans of Troma.” “I’ve lost track of how many times fans have approached me and said those people are always talking about Troma.”
Kaufman discusses his dislike for the late, lamented video-rental store in the latest documentary The Last Blockbuster. In retrospect, his precise word choice seems a touch sarcastic, since he claimed to be a Blockbuster staffer and stated, “Blockbuster New York is pleased to welcome you. We have 500 copies of Suicide Squad and none of the Troma films, including Toxic Avenger.”
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