jeremy irons played alfred pennyworth in justice league.
jeremy irons played alfred pennyworth in justice league.
who does jeremy irons play in justice league?
alfred pennyworth
"" was panned by critics (holding a 27% approval rating on rotten tomatoes), though audiences gave the film a warmer reception (holding a "b" rating with cinemascore). common critiques of the film centered around its dark tone, lack of humor and slow pace. this reaction caused warner bros. and snyder to re-evaluate upcoming films in the dceu, particularly "suicide squad", which had already wrapped principal photography, and "justice league", which was a month away from filming. snyder and terrio had always planned on having the dceu films become progressively more light and positive in tone, but the reaction to "batman v superman" caused them to rewrite "justice league" as even more hopeful in tone than originally planned. in cinematographer fabian wagner's first meeting with snyder, he said he wanted to "get away from the stylized, desaturated, super-high contrast looks of other films in the franchise." warner hired jon berg and geoff johns to oversee the dceu, with their first task being to help with "justice league" rewrites to make the film more hopeful and optimistic. batman actor ben affleck was hired to help with script re-writes and also serve as executive producer on "justice league", mainly to ensure continuity between the film and "the batman", which he was expected to star in and direct at the time. jeremy irons, the actor who portrayed alfred pennyworth and was an outspoken critic of "batman v superman", said the "snyder cut" script was simpler, smaller and more linear than its predecessor. because of the "justice league" re-writes, steppenwolf was cut as the major villain from "suicide squad" and was last-minute replaced by enchantress' brother incubus. principle photography was shot entirely using 35 mm film and wrapped in december 2016. months later, multiple cuts of snyder's "justice league" were shown to warner executives, in addition to friends and family of snyder. a final run-time and picture lock were achieved, though the cuts had incomplete vfx shots, partial audio mixing and junkie xl's soundtrack was mid-way through production. during an event, snyder said that he had multiple cuts that were essentially "done," only needing "a few cg tweaks" to complete, but that it was ultimately up to warner to release it. this mostly finished version of "justice league" is what's often referred to as the "snyder cut".
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a film that features the voices of several well-known a-list actors, namely irons as scar, matthew broderick as simba, james earl jones as mufasa, nathan lane as timon, and whoopi goldberg as shenzi, "the lion king "has since gone on to be acclaimed as "one of the most impressive arrays of voice talents ever utilized in an animated film." critics have repeatedly singled out irons's performance, praising it extensively: cindy white of ign called irons's performance "deliciously smarmy," while andy patrizio of ign wrote that irons voices scar "in perfect shakespearean villain mode." "rolling stone"s peter travers hailed irons for "deliver[ing] a triumphantly witty vocal performance that ranks with robin williams' in "aladdin"." peter stack of the "san francisco chronicle "commended disney for "nail[ing] the voice talents," specifically irons. "the philadelphia daily news" bill wedo described irons's voice as "silken," while graham young of the "birmingham mail "hailed the actor's performance as "magnificent." "radio times" tom hutchinson wrote, "jeremy irons [is] a vocal standout as the evil uncle scar." annette basile of "filmink "echoed hutchinson's statement, writing that scar is "voiced with relish by stand-out jeremy irons." "the guardian"s philip french opined, "jeremy irons is excellent as the suavely villainous lion scar." david sterritt of "the christian science monitor "exalted irons's acting, describing him as "positively brilliant." also hailing the film's cast as "incredible," desson howe of "the washington post "highlighted irons as a "standout." praising the film for successfully combining "grand-opera melodrama and low-comedy hi-jinks," the "orlando sentinel"s jay boyar concluded that "one reason they work so well together is that even most of the serious sections contain an undercurrent of humor, provided ... by the deliciously droll voice-performance of jeremy irons as scar." mathew dekinder of the "st. louis post-dispatch "felt that irons successfully "handle[s] all of the dramatic heavy lifting."
scar (the lion king)