ACTION MAN
British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s career is thriving in Hollywood as he takes the title role in the latest film to come from the world of comic books
Aaron with his wife Sam at the New York premiere of Kraven the Hunter in December; the actor worked out intensively to bulk up for the physically demanding title role (below)
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The first comic-book character Aaron Taylor-Johnson played was the DIY superhero Kick-Ass in the controversial film of the same name. Fourteen years on, the Avengers actor has become a global superstar and a family man: tipped as the next James Bond, he’s married to artist and director Sam Taylor-Johnson, with whom he has two children.
His latest incarnation is as Spider-Man’s nemesis, Kraven the Hunter. In the film of the same name, we learn the back story of one of Marvel’s most fearsome villains. Here, Aaron, 34, talks about what it’s like to play a baddie, working with Russell Crowe and how he created the perfect arms and abs.