Batman V Superman’s Callan Mulvey To Play Classic Villain?
It looks as though rumour and speculation about Callan Mulvey’s role in ‘Batman V Superman’ continues… as suggestions resurface that he’ll be playing KGBeast.
According to Umberto Gonzalez of Heroic Hollywood, the 40-year-old New Zealand-born actor will be suiting up as the classic Russian villain.
“Callan Mulvey is indeed rumored to be playing Luthor’s Russian right hand man Anatoli Knyazev aka the KGBeast based on what I’m hearing from sources,” he said. But this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Mulvey linked to the role.
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The rumour first surfaced thanks to Devin Faraci of Birth Moves Death (formerly Badass Digest)… and even gave us a hint of what we might expect.
“One of Luthor’s agents has a name, and that name is Anatoli Knyazev,” he revealed. “Hardcore fans will recognize that as the name of the KGBeast, a Batman villain introduced in 1988’s classic Ten Nights of the Beast storyline. In that story the Beast, an enhanced agent of the KGB, came to the US to kill ten targets, and he did it with extreme measures, including poisoning an entire 200 person dinner party to get one guy. He battled Batman to a standstill, and at one point when entangled in the Batrope the KGBeast cut off his own hand to escape.”
Of course, KGBeast has made numerous appearances since his debut… most prominently, alongside classic Batman villain Bane in ‘Vengeance of Bane’. But does this mean we’ll see Callan Mulvey in a costumed role?
Although KGBeast has a very distinctive suit in the comic books, it’s unlikely that this will be represented on screen, given the style of ‘Batman V Superman’ so far.
“As Devin also stated, we won’t be getting the comic book version of KGBeast,” said Gonzalez. Instead, the Russian henchman will reportedly report directly to Lex Luthor, keeping tabs on global superhumans such as Superman and Wonder Woman.
Will this be how Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman is introduced? For now, we’ll have to wait and see. But it makes a lot of sense, considering Luthor’s attitude towards the Man of Steel.
‘Batman V Superman’ heads to cinemas on 25 March 2016.
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