With all the Justice League news comes word of just who Willem Dafoe is playing in film.
Willem Dafoe is playing the DC Comics character Nuidis Vulko, who in the comics is a key figure in Atlantean politics as well as a scientist.
Vulko is from a generation preceding Aquaman, which is reflected in the movie by the character featuring gills, which signifies that the Atlanteans adapted to underwater breathing at some point in their history.
Various set reports describe Willem Dafoe in Justice League as featuring a scruffy beard with long silver hair. Vulko will wear armor that features silver lacing and is weathered by the years, setting it apart from Aquaman’s own gleaming and gilded newer armor.
It’s unknown exactly how Willem Dafoe will play into the movie, but it has been said he will be an ally to Aquaman. At times in the comics, Vulko has been a close ally as well as an enemy of Aquaman. It’s known the Atlanteans hold one of three Mother Boxes in the Justice League movie, so perhaps Dafoe is involved that way. It’s also unknown if Dafoe will be in James Wan’s Aquaman movie as well.
Related Justice League news that came out earlier today:
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Batman, Green Lantern Corps, Wonder Woman, The Flash & Cyborg Logos Revealed
Justice League Official Synopsis, Logo & New Batmobile Revealed
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New Justice League Details, Plot & Logo Revealed
Ben Affleck Confirms Justice League For 2016 Comic-Con
Jesse Eisenberg Films Justice League In August
WB Teases Justice League, Suicide Squad Trailer & Wonder Woman Footage
“Justice League” has a November 17, 2017 release directed by Zack Snyder starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon.
Synopsis:
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
