‘Vision Quest’s Paul Bettany On How He Blew 10 Blood Vessels In His Eye While “Wildly Overacting”: “A Lesson In Less Is More”
Paul Bettany says he burst about 10 blood vessels in one eye while filming a scene for Disney+ series VisionQuest, after he overplayed a moment in which Vision appears to have a device affecting his brain. He said the experience taught him that “less is more”, illustrating the physical limits an actor can face while portraying an AI character.
Bettany said his eye remained red for about two weeks and joked that production may have had to remove the redness with CGI. The eight-episode limited series follows the events of WandaVision and has Vision speaking with AI personas in his programming as he tries to understand his identity. With a bounty on his head, he goes on the run with a mysterious teenager who may be his reincarnated son; the first season finale is due on 10 November.
In short
- Bettany burst about 10 blood vessels while filming a scene.
- His eye stayed red for around two weeks.
- He says the experience taught him that less is more.
Explained simply
Vision is a synthetic being created by the artificial intelligence JARVIS and later given a body powered by the Mind Stone. He is played by British actor Paul Bettany in Marvel’s superhero stories, where his questions about identity and emotion have been central to his character.
WandaVision follows Vision and Wanda Maximoff as they build an unusual life together, before events leave Vision trying to understand who he is. VisionQuest continues that story, focusing on Vision and the artificial intelligence personas in his programming; the series connects his personal search for identity with the wider Marvel universe.
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