Aaron Taylor-Johnson is one of the most well-recognized and talented actors in Hollywood. Having made a name for himself through his work in massive projects like Bullet Train, Anna Karenina, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and A Million Little Pieces, he has proved his skill and versatility as an actor time and time again. On top of this, the actor is also in the front running for the choices for the next James Bond.
Having starred in so many big roles, with his work as Pietro Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as his role alongside Brad Pitt in Bullet Train, it is quite surprising to find out that Taylor-Johnson is not all too big a fan of big scale productions.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Does Not Care For His Role In The MCU
Aaron Taylor-Johnson‘s role as Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron is beloved by fans, even though his character is killed off by the end of the film, never to be seen again. With this, some of these fans might be disappointed to find out that the actor was initially not all too fond of being part of big-scale projects like those of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“There was Kick-Ass,” he says, “and then there was Godzilla and Avengers, and all those things lined up for me. But I didn’t really care for them.” He was getting offers to do more of that stuff for more money. He was up for roles “that nobody knows about—big, huge franchises that were in play.”
During an interview with Esquire, Taylor-Johnson revealed that even though he has been part of a number of big-scale projects like Kick-Ass, Godzilla, and Avengers, he did not care much for them, despite the fact that these types of films were to be offered to him much more frequently with quite huge salaries and for roles that he has never revealed to the public.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Has Other Priorities
Aaron Taylor-Johnson went on to say that the reason for this was the fact that projects like this require quite a lot of commitment, something he was not willing to give as he had much bigger priorities in his life. he then went on to add that when he was a part of these projects, he had his attention focused on something that was a much bigger priority for him, his family.
“I wanted, purely, to be with my babies,” he says. “I didn’t want to be taken away from them. I battled with what that would be like.” Looking back, he says, “I would say I was probably not ready to be in that position anyway—it was too early. But yeah, I also slightly didn’t give a f*ck.”
The actor being a father, went on to say that he wanted to focus on his children much more than working on a big-scale project, stating that the idea of not getting to be with his children due to his work was something he battled with quite a bit before settling on this decision.
He then added, stating that when he did do these films, he would do only one film a year and spend the rest of his time with his children.
Source: Esquire
