Adam Scott revealed that he intended to take a vacation before being tapped for Madame Web, the upcoming superhero movie starring Dakota Johnson as the titular character. In an exclusive interview with Collider’s own Steven Weintraub for Party Down Season 3, Scott has also promised that the project will please Spider-Man fans, even though he can’t actually reveal its secrets yet.
Scott has been busy for the past decade as part of iconic comedies such as Parks and Recreation and The Good Place. He was also involved in more recent successes such as Big Little Lies and Severance, the latest of which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Since there’s more to life than just work, Scott decided to take some time off last summer before returning to the set for Season 2 of Severance. However, once he got the call for Madame Web, he just couldn’t refuse it. As he told us:
“I actually didn't think I was gonna work over the summer before we started Severance up again because we started in October, and I wasn't planning on working at all before then. Then this came up, and I couldn't resist.”
It isn’t hard to understand why Scott would be so excited about the project. Besides giving him his first credit in a superhero movie, Madame Web also allows Scott to join a star-studded cast that includes Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts, and Tahar Rahim, with the latest addition being The Flight Attendant's Zosia Mamet. Madame Web is also directed by S.J. Clarkson (Jessica Jones, The Defenders) from a script by Morbius’ writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, which means the project is in the hands of people with a lot of superhero experience.
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