

The trailers for Bloodshot have focused on the psychological element, but there's also a lot of superhero action. That's not entertainment, it's just a giant amusement park ride on film. The most boring part of superhero films to me are the pornographic, giant fight scenes that take up the entire third act. In the case of Bloodshot, they're really focusing on Vin's character and it really seems to be a more character-driven movie, rather than just a lot of big explosions and 9/11-style building demolitions. That's so important for superhero movies. Tony Stark in the first Iron Man film was so true to the spirit of that character and we care about him because we come to love Tony, warts and all. The thing that really makes superheroes resonate is character. I'm going to put it very succinctly: character, character, character. That's what Bloodshot's co-creator Bob Layton said in 2018 when asked what they learned from other comic book movies: It does sound like this team is going for a character approach. Superheroes are all about shared universes these days, and Bloodshot is at least intended to launch a Valiant Comics cinematic universe. Wilson put him on a different path than the typical superhero: That was Vin Diesel's first approach, he explained, but when it came time for the physical aspect of the character, director David S. Anybody that's served has had those feelings of, you know, 'Am I coming home to a world that appreciates me or appreciates the sacrifices I've made?' So for me it was important to me to research that sentiment that existed in some of our veterans, and Blooodshot specifically has always been the military's favorite superhero. The character of Ray Garrison, who is Bloodshot, a character who has dealt with post-traumatic stress disorder and really represents the concept of the forgotten or discarded solider.

So of course with that comes a certain level of pressure.

He wanted to make sure he did the character justice:įirst of all, other than the Groot character that was actually the first established superhero I was ever playing. Vin Diesel recently posted a video about making Bloodshot, explaining that it's his second comic book character after Groot in Marvel's Guardians in the Galaxy, but this is really his first major superhero showcase in the flesh.
