Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto has declared that he would love the opportunity to return to the role of Blade Runner 2049 villain Niander Wallace for a prequel. The actor, who has already portrayed the character in a prequel once already in the Blade Runner short film 2036: Nexus Dawn, has now stated that he would relish the chance to bring Niander Wallace back for a feature-length story.
"You know, with every character I play, I don't know if it's because I work so intently and I tend to dig really deep and put a lot of time and energy into it, but when I'm done playing with them, done playing the parts, I do miss them a little bit. And you do all this work anyway, it would be kind of nice to go back and explore other [characters]. Like Niander Wallace in Blade Runner, I would love to play that...
"You know, with every character I play, I don't know if it's because I work so intently and I tend to dig really deep and put a lot of time and energy into it, but when I'm done playing with them, done playing the parts, I do miss them a little bit. And you do all this work anyway, it would be kind of nice to go back and explore other [characters]. Like Niander Wallace in Blade Runner, I would love to play that...
- 1/19/2021
- by Jon Fuge
- MovieWeb
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