The actor will once again portray Kevin Flynn in Tron: Ares, although he describes his performance in Legacy as “bizarre”
Does the sight of the digitally rejuvenated Jeff Bridges from Tron: Legacy send a shiver down your spine? If so, you’re in good company, because the actor himself is anything but happy with the result
Yet Jeff Bridges returns for Tron: Ares For the third time, he will presumably take on the role of programmer Kevin Flynn, who has to cope in cyberspace in the film, which is due to be released in cinemas in 2025
Really excited
about working with Jared Leto
In a new edition of the Film Comment Podcast the 74-year-old character mime (The Big Lebowski, Iron Man) confirms that he is back in front of the camera for Tron: Ares. According to Variety the shooting work has already been completed
He must have particularly enjoyed working with lead actor Jared Leto. In the podcast recorded before the start of filming, Jeff Bridges explains that he was really excited to
work with the former Joker actor and admired his work
He is not revealing any further information about the film It is already known that the film, which will be released 42 years after the first part, will be directed by Joachim Ronning (Maleficent, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge).
The other cast members include Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Gillian Anderson. The plot will revolve around the computer program Ares, played by Jared Leto, for which there is already a first image:
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TRON: ARES 2025
See you on the grid… 🥏 @DisneyStudios pic.twitter.com/E7gNSxgEQ5
– JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) February 29, 2024
“Kind of bizarre”: No good memories of Tron: Legacy
The return of Jeff Bridges is likely to have been made on the condition that his appearance is not subjected to another digital de-aging makeover
Bridges himself didn’t like the visual result either, as he explains in the podcast:
I didn’t like the way I looked [in Tron: Legacy]. I felt like I looked more like Bill Maher than myself. It was kind of bizarre.
We’ve dug deep into our video archive and dusted off the trailer for Tron: Legacy for you. So if you want to get your own impression of the rejuvenated Jeff Bridges, here you go:
I wonder if the US stand-up comedian Bill Maher considers the above comparison of Jeff Bridges a compliment?
In any case, the actor has some good news up his sleeve for Tron: Ares: according to him, the production will rely on less AI stuff
and more practical sets instead. I’ve seen some beautiful sets
, he reveals.
Have you noticed, by the way, that we wrote at the beginning of the article that Jeff Bridges will presumably portray Kevin Flynn again. Admittedly: Anything other than a return to this role would be surprising, but it should be noted: It has not yet been officially confirmed which character he will breathe life into.
