Paul Bettany Dishes On Vision's Role In Captain America: Civil War

This past weekend, British actor Paul Bettany (Wimbledon, A Knight's Tale), who portrayed The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron, was the guest of honor at AsiaPop Comicon and revealed to the crowd that they can expect more of the same from the red-skinned android in Captain America: Civil War.

While explaining how he prepared to play a synthetic hero in The Avengers sequel, Bettany shed a little light on what fans can expect from him in Civil War. "I was given comics. I also was looking to think about what could be edifying for me to learn. I took the opportunity—you see my character get born… something unlikely to ever happen to me again. He must be both omnipotent and yet totally naive at the same time," Bettany told the audience (transcribed by Philippine Entertainment Portal). "And experiencing the world in real time and his place in it. Is he going to be a force of good or a force of evil? It was really interesting, fun to play with, because he's dangerous, you don't know if he's going to go one way or another. I'm continuing that theme in Captain America 3."

You can listen to Bettany's comments in the videos below.

Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.

Captain America: Civil War opens in theaters May 6, 2016.