Corey Stoll instructed the publication that he knew the character had “the craziest title” and that when director Peyton Reed requested him what he knew, he mentioned, “the man with the massive head.” That is what everybody remembers, after all. He continued: 

“I do not know if I might really ever learn a comic book ebook with him in it, however I had seen that picture earlier than. And I feel when you see that picture, you do not overlook it. He’s one in every of a sort. It is simply so excessive, each scary and hilarious. So Peyton did not must promote me on the function in any respect. It was a performed deal.”

“Excessive” is one technique to put it. Stoll was requested concerning the controversy about his look within the movie and although he admitted that he is not likely on-line a lot, he mentioned: 

“I feel these characters are very near lots of people’s hearts. All people’s attempting to make this bounce from a two-dimensional, static picture on web page to stay motion, and a few issues have to alter. Jeff Loveness, who wrote the script, and Peyton and Paul made a really robust option to retcon — is that the phrase? — this new motive for M.O.D.O.Okay. to be. I feel it actually works. It definitely works within the context of Darren’s arc.

“You recognize, the factor I at all times cherished as a comic book ebook fan was that there can be these radically completely different variations of the identical characters. I used to be an enormous Batman fan rising up. Frank Miller’s ‘The Darkish Knight Returns’ was this fully completely different character from ’12 months One’ or no matter. You do not have to love everybody equally. There isn’t any definitive any of those characters.”