While it was revealed this past April that Willem Dafoe had joined the cast of Justice League, his role has remained a secret -- until now. IGN visited the set of the DC Films project last week, where we learned that Dafoe will be costarring as Nuidis Vulko, the science advisor of Atlantis and an Aquaman supporting character from the comics.
Dafoe, like his Justice League costar J.K. Simmons, previously appeared in the Spider-Man films as an antagonist (in his case as the Green Goblin). But here he plays a good guy, a member of Jason Momoa’s Atlantean inner circle who has known Aquaman his whole life. While talking to the visiting press on set last week, costume designer Michael Wilkinson made sure to differentiate Vulko's more weathered, silver-laced armor from Aquaman's in order to illustrate the generational difference between the two Atlanteans. Also, Dafoe’s look in Justice League will differ from the traditional depiction of Vulko, with the actor sporting long hair and scruff rather than going semi-bald and goateed (or fully bearded) like in the comics.
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Dafoe, like his Justice League costar J.K. Simmons, previously appeared in the Spider-Man films as an antagonist (in his case as the Green Goblin). But here he plays a good guy, a member of Jason Momoa’s Atlantean inner circle who has known Aquaman his whole life. While talking to the visiting press on set last week, costume designer Michael Wilkinson made sure to differentiate Vulko's more weathered, silver-laced armor from Aquaman's in order to illustrate the generational difference between the two Atlanteans. Also, Dafoe’s look in Justice League will differ from the traditional depiction of Vulko, with the actor sporting long hair and scruff rather than going semi-bald and goateed (or fully bearded) like in the comics.
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