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Ed Skrein joins the superhero actors’ club when he takes on the role of Ajax, the lead villain in this year’s hugely anticipated Deadpool movie.
Camden-born rapper turned actor Ed Skrein is the latest addition to the superhero genre when he takes on the role of Ajax, the sadistic villain from the hugely anticipated Deadpool movie. When he’s not slipping into spandex in Hollywood he’s swimming the English Channel for charity, and fulfilling his role as a Celebrity Youth Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust. With Game of Thrones on his CV and after replacing Jason Statham as the lead in The Transporter Refueled, Skrein is our new favourite action man with an edge – and a huge heart. We love him already…
Ed Skrein as Ajax in Deadpool
The Deadpool trailer is pretty violent for a superhero film.
It’s a pretty violent film. It’s pretty, er, irreverent in a lot of ways. There’s a lot of swearing, not in a gratuitous way, but it’s dark on a lot of levels. But what’s amazing is that it’s so bloody light as well; there are moments when it feels like a sort of slapstick sitcom. Then there are moments when you feel like you’re watching a snuff movie. It goes from bizarre to hilarious to the pits off hell, up to the lights of heaven. It’s a wonderful juxtaposition actually, and I’m really excited for people to experience it and decide for themselves what they think of it.