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Paul Bettany on Vision’s MCU Future

This article contains spoilers for WandaVision Paul Bettany has outlasted Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr’s tenure in the MCU, and as unlikely as it seemed before Marvel’s Vision and Scarlet Witch spinoff WandaVision started streaming, it looks like he’s here to stay. The cast and crew of WandaVision were on hand last week to answer questions about the series’ highly anticipated finale. When Bettany was asked if he’d be up for playing Vision forever, he answered with an enthusiastic “I love Vision. Yes, I’m in.” Having already played the voice of Tony’s Stark’s AI JARVIS, newborn synthezoid Vision, and…
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Uncle Frank: Paul Bettany Movie Speaks to Every American Family

Many of us have or had an Uncle Frank in our lives. Mine was my cousin Bobby, who lived with his mother (my great-aunt) in the downstairs apartment of our brownstone in Brooklyn. I lived there too for a while, on the top floor with my mom and grandparents. Bobby was a school teacher, well educated, and one of the voices of calm and reason in our otherwise highly emotional, often high-strung family. Bobby taught me about opera and certain types of pop music whenever I used to stop by and see him as a kid, and he also introduced…
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