Whereas the principle draw of the MonsterVerse films is clearly to observe towering Titans battle one another, the very fact of the matter is human characters are wanted to assist anchor the tales. A type of characters was Alexander Skarsgard’s Dr. Nathan Lind, who appeared in Godzilla vs. Kong (which you’ll entry with a Max subscription). However Skarsgard ended up getting a lot of his function minimize down, although he did make a strong level about that growth whereas reflecting on his time within the MonsterVerse.
Forward of his new Apple TV+ subscription-exclusive sequence Murderbot premiering on the 2025 TV schedule subsequent month, Skarsgard sat down for an interview with Empire (through Comicbook), and Godzilla vs. Kong got here up. The actor confirmed that Nathan Lind was imagined to have extra scenes within the fourth MonsterVerse film, saying:
There was positively extra of a backstory, extra character-driven scenes that ended up on the cutting-room ground. However if you happen to signal as much as do a film like Godzilla vs. Kong, there are solely two stars in that movie. And also you’re not one in every of them.
Nathan Lind, a former Monarch geologist, entered the Godzilla vs. Kong image with Apex Cybernetics CEO Walter Simmons recruited him for a mission to journey into Hole Earth to discover a secret energy supply. Nathan was mainly paired with Rebecca Corridor’s Dr. Ilene Andrews, and the 2 managed to make it out of those chaotic occasions alive. However Nathan hasn’t been seen since, and it doesn’t sound like there are any plans to convey him again.
Alexander Skarsgard doesn’t sound too damaged up about this, although. He’s effectively conscious folks have been seeing Godzilla vs. Kong to observe the title monsters change blows with one another, and the team-up to convey down Mechagodzilla was a pleasant bonus. Nathan Lind might have been one of many main human characters, however he’s there solely in service to Godzilla and Kong. So if a few of his scenes should be minimize to make them shine even brighter, that’s occurring. The actor additionally described his collaborative course of with director Adam Wingard thusly:
Adam Wingard, the director, and I, can mess around and provide you with bizarre quirky shit, and add layers of character work. However on the finish of the day, in the event that they’re gonna minimize down the movie, Skarsgard will find yourself on the ground, not Godzilla or Kong. So I completely get it, and, you understand, the film works. It didn’t want extra Skarsgärd.
Thus far, no actor within the MonsterVerse movie sequence has appeared in additional than two films, and whereas I’d like that to alter sometime, once more, the Titans are the precedence. Nonetheless, if you happen to’re in search of a strong character-driven story on this franchise, I like to recommend watching the present Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which is returning for a second season and may be discovered on Apple TV+. You’ll nonetheless get to see Godzilla and varied different Titans, however right here, the people are simply as necessary to the story being informed.
Subsequent up on the MonsterVerse cinematic entrance is the yet-to-be-titled sequel to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Stevens (reprising Trapper), Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Matthew Modine and Alycia Debnam-Carey star on this Grant Sputore-directed function popping out on March 26, 2027.