Joey Pantoliano has appeared within the new MCU miniseries Surprise Man, the place he performs a satirical model of himself.
The present stars Simon Williams, performed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, as a well-known actor who discovers his superpowers might finish his profession. In an interview with ScreenRant’s Ash Crossan for Surprise Man, producer Andrew Visitor discusses Disney+’s new present.
Visitor went into element concerning the conversations he had with Pantoliano when he first created the character. He defined that whereas Pantoliano performs himself, it is an exaggerated model that flips between being candy and being a complete menace.
He mentioned it was a “actually fascinating casting alternative.” The purpose was to have a profession actor like Pantoliano seem in episode two to play the opposition to the character of Trevor Slattery, performed by Ben Kingsley. Kingsley’s character makes all of the “proper decisions” relating to fame and household. Visitor mentioned the character makes the correct investments and avoids the drug scene, and Pantoliano performs the foil character.
He continued:
Once we had an inventory at Marvel of all these unimaginable character actors, Joey sprang to the highest of it for everyone.
As soon as he contacted the well-known character actor, Pantoliano was in a position to learn over the draft and alter what did not match his imaginative and prescient of the character. “He had a lot enjoyable with the concept,” exclaimed Visitor.
The Sopranos actor lives in upstate New York, however his character in Surprise Man has an enormous mansion in Malibu, California. Visitor quoted Pantoliano, who mentioned, “My kinfolk are going to be calling, asking for cash after they see this.“
Visitor went on to talk extremely of the actor:
He’s acquired all these philosophies about appearing, he’s written a number of books, he’s acquired so many tales. He’s only a legend, so it was such a particular factor to work with him.
Pantoliano has a memorable and humorous line within the present that considerably breaks the fourth wall. He says, “If I had been British, I’d’ve been knighted.” The road is claimed in entrance of Kingsley, who has been knighted in actual life. When reminded of the comedic second within the present, Visitor is fast to level out that Pantoliano wrote that line. “He needed to do it due to Sir Ben,” he mentioned.
The Goonies star wasn’t the one actor enjoying a satirical model of themselves within the present. Frozen star Josh Gad seems in episode 4, the place he performs an evil model of himself. He pokes enjoyable at his function as Olaf and on the Hollywood film trade.
Surprise Man follows the story of Simon, an aspiring actor, who’s looking for his place in Hollywood. By a stroke of luck, he bumps into Trevor Slattery. That is when he learns a famed director is remaking the superhero movie Surprise Man. As Simon pursues a job within the movie, he is confronted with a brand new problem — he has superpowers.
On this MCU universe, actors are forbidden to have any supernatural talents. Simon works exhausting to cover his new powers, however audiences must tune in to search out out if he succeeds. Followers can catch Pantoliano in episode two and the finale. All eight episodes of the brand new miniseries Surprise Man premiered on Disney+ on January 27, 2026.
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September 12, 1951
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Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
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5 toes 9 inches
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Actor, Producer, Creator