Former football offensive tackle Matt Willig will play one of the Inhumans who is described as a 'monstrous human whose loyalties remain ambiguous.'
- Aug 27, 2015
AceShowbiz - "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." has cast one of its major villains for season 3. Former NFL offensive tackle Matt Willig is tapped to play the Inhuman Lash, whom Marvel describes as a "monstrous human whose loyalties remain ambiguous."
Executive producer Jeff Bell tells TVLine that Lash "has a fairly strong opinion about what should happen to Inhumans," who start "popping up all over the world" in the wake of events in the season 2 finale.
Bell adds, "What's nice about him is he's a wild card. You don't know why he is doing this - Does he have an agenda? Is he on somebody's side? So we'll be teasing that out over some episodes."
Willig will get a major makeover to play Lash who has a monstrous look. "We worked with Glenn Hetrick ("The Hunger Games"), who we worked with last year on Raina, and he and his team do great work," Bell gushes, "They've been working with out makeup effects and visual effects people to come up with something that's pretty cool!"
ABC has also released a full synopsis for the upcoming season. It reads, "Many months after their war with a rogue group of Inhumans, the team is still reeling. Coulson (Clark Gregg) is again trying to put the pieces of his once revered organization back together while also dealing with the loss of his hand. His confidante and second in command, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), has yet to return from an impromptu vacation with ex-husband Andrew (Blair Underwood); deadly superspy Agent Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) is recovering from her traumatic torture at the hands of Grant Ward (Brett Dalton); Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) is obsessed with discovering the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge); and all are on high-alert for the next move from Ward and Hydra."
"But bigger threats loom ahead, setting the stakes even higher for the Agents, including the spread of Terrigen, an alien substance that unlocks superhuman abilities in select individuals; the emergence of new Inhumans who cannot yet control nor understand their powers; the rise of a new government organization that will go toe-to-toe with S.H.I.E.L.D.; the unknown properties of the massive alien Kree monolith, which has taken one of their own; and the constant threat of a rebuilt Hydra terrorist organization under S.H.I.E.L.D. traitor Grant Ward, who is making it his personal mission to take down Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D."
"New faces, both friend and foe, will join the series, including the no-nonsense, highly-skilled and somewhat mysterious leader (Constance Zimmer) of the ATCU (Advanced Threat Containment Unit), her intimidating partner, Banks (Andrew Howard), Lash (Matt Willig), a monstrous Inhuman whose loyalties remain ambiguous, and new Inhuman Joey (Juan Pablo Raba), who is struggling to harness his newfound abilities, among other surprising characters."
"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." returns Tuesday, September 29 at 9 P.M. on ABC.
