VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas explains the real reason Ultron is in Human form, plus more on the upcoming series. VisionQuest starring Paul Bettany, James Spader and more arrives on Disney plus on October 14. Speaking with Polygon recently, Matalas begins be debunking one fan theory. That Ultron is simply in Human form to save on budget.

Ultron As A Human

“It’s funny, people say it’s a budget thing, it’s not, it’s a James Spader thing. I love James Spader. Who doesn’t love James Spader? I just want to see James and I want to see Bettany.”

“You’ll get plenty of robot action in the show. The show is very much inspired by that last scene in Age of Ultron between the two of them. But watching Spader and Bettany chew up the scenery was something I saw in my head from the very beginning.”

“It is prohibitively expensive to do a CGI robot 24/7, but I also don’t want to see a CGI robot. It’s not going to be able to emote and do the things that James Spader can do with just the twitch of an eyebrow. So that’s pretty much the main reason.”

That’s fair, yes, it probably does save on budget, although I’m sure a James Spader co-starring role is more expensive in live-action than simply a voice over. Yet as much as we know about the show, the decisions seems a wise one form a storytelling perspective. It’s a just a bonus that it’s be less expensive.

Paul Bettany/Vision

Speaking about the shows lead star Paul Bettany, Matalas said,

“He’s an amazing partner. We have always been in lockstep as to what we thought his journey for Vision should be. It was a love fest from the very beginning. We were so aligned. That it was just an amazing partnership to be able to go through every one of these scripts, line by line.”

“The perspective he has is his interaction with the actual audience, having met so many people throughout the years, and what Vision means to different groups of people. Vision is an outsider looking in.”

“It was very clear from the beginning to me as to what we should do with this new Vision is that he wouldn’t be quite as in touch with humanity as his previous incarnation. He absolutely is Vision in so many ways, and not in so many others.”

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Are they the same Vision?

“You’re going to have to watch his journey in this series to answer that question as to what’s really going on with him.”

“The two scenes that really inspired the show are two of my favorite scenes in all of Marvel canon, which is the last scene with him in Age of Ultron, and the Ship of Theseus scene in WandaVision. That was the basis of the series.”

Are WandaVision and Agatha All Along required viewing?

“We definitely catch the audience up very simply. So it’s not a hard and fast rule that they need to watch. If anything, WandaVision, for sure, because it’s definitely a sequel to WandaVision. There are definitely elements of Agatha that are touched upon, but you can easily grasp what’s going on if you don’t have time.”

Agatha All Along was good though folks, so don’t skip it.

That’s not all Matalas had to say to Polygon, so check the link above for the full interview if you’re interested. As always, leave us any thoughts below about VisionQuest or showrunner Terry Matalas’ comments.

 

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