Early on within the growth of Prime Video’s animated collection adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s Invincible, J.Okay. Simmons was provided one other thriller function within the story, and he turned it down. Had he mentioned sure, he almost certainly wouldn’t have ended up taking part in Omini Man, which is and superior function for him!
Simmons lately sat down with GQ for its Iconic Characters video collection, and he revisited among the extra well-known characters he has performed.
Whereas speaking about Omni-Man, Simmons revealed that he was initially provided one other function within the animated collection. After passing on that function, it was;t till a number of months later that he was provided Omni-Man.
Simmions mentioned: “Invincible got here to me out of the blue, and I learn, I believe the one script that was out there and thought it was actually good.
“They really had first approached me about taking part in a special character, and I learn it, and I believed, ‘Wow, that is, like, actually good and peculiar and funky.’
“This sounds foolish, as a result of it’s animated, however I simply type of didn’t see myself because the character that they had been saying they might need me to play, and I handed on it. Then, I don’t know what number of months later, they got here again and requested me to play Nolan, Omni-Man.”
Simmons continued: “I don’t assume I knew how twisted it was on the time. I used to be simply studying the primary script, the primary two. So, to me, it was one other fascinating dad character.
“Steven Yeun and Sandra Oh, I believe had been already connected, and I believed, ‘They’re each incredible, and I might like to work with them, even when it’s on a recording studio doing animation.’”
Simmons has labored on each seasons of Invincible up to now, and he’s been superior on this function! Every little thing performed out the best way it was alleged to, and he acquired the function he was meant to play in it.
