The main villain in DEADPOOL is Ajax, played by actor Ed Skrein. While all the focus for this movie is directed onto actor Ryan Reynolds and the movie's slow process to becoming green lit, not much is known about the film's antagonist.
Skrein spoke with ScreenRant and disclosed a ton of information about being a longtime comic book fan, as well as playing Ajax.
"Well, I’m a huge, huge comic book fan and have been since I was a kid, and I’ve still got all of my comics from back in the day. I’ve always wanted to… loved the idea of being involved in this world. So when it came through, I was very excited.
Onto talking about Ajax.
"What’s interesting about Ajax is he’s had all of his nerve endings removed. So he can’t feel anything. He can’t feel pain. But that also, I think, has affected him psychologically as well.
"He’s strong and agile to the limits of human capacity. They allude to some sort of healing factors, minor healing factors. In terms of his fighting, he’s about as strong and fast as it gets.
"His motivations with Deadpool… I think Deadpool’s motivations towards Ajax are a lot stronger and full of a lot more visceral feelings than Ajax towards Deadpool. Chaos and violence is just what Ajax does. It’s just a game. It’s sort of just one big fun game. Win or lose, he feels nothing. So, yes, there is revenge, but it’s not as strong a motivator as Deadpool."
Finally, Skrein spoke about reading the script for the first time.
"When I read the script for the first time, I was just like, 'Wow. Someone is really doing this? Like, we’re really doing Deadpool properly, faithfully to him.' Even just in terms of cinema, in terms of studio productions, there’s a…we’re pushing a lot of boundaries on this. I’m certainly ready for it as a fan. I believe that the world is ready for it."
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DEADPOOL releases on February 12, 2016.