Corey Stoll Says Playing Floating Head Character M.O.D.O.K. In ‘Ant-Man 3’ Was ‘An Odd Experience’

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The face behind the MCU’s most talked-about new character is speaking out. In an interview with Variety, actor Corey Stoll opened up about his role as M.O.D.O.K.

in the recently released “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”. The scene-stealing character is notable primarily for how he looks: he is essentially one giant head, with tiny arms and legs, floating on a hover-chair. “I knew that he had the craziest name,” Stoll said of being offered the role. “When Peyton first told me about it, he said, ‘Do you know a character named M.O.D.O.K.?’ And I said, ‘Yes, the guy with the big head.’ I don’t know if I’d actually ever read a comic book with him in it, but I had seen that image before.

And I think once you see that image, you don’t forget it. He is one of a kind. It’s just so over the top, both frightening and hilarious.

So Peyton didn’t have to sell me on the role at all. It was a done deal.” READ MORE: ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Heading For $225M Worldwide Opening Weekend As for filming his scenes, the actor revealed that they involved two days of shooting, plus one day of reshoots after production wrapped, and that it mostly involved performance capture, with just a table and chairs on a soundstage. “We just went through the scene and then after we got to a place where we thought the scene was good, we’d get up on our feet and we just filmed the scenes,” he said. “It was all really organic.