Aaron Taylor-Johnson opened up about his brief stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Back during the lead up to the film's release in 2015, Quicksilver's debut, along with that of his sister, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, was eagerly anticipated by fans. Just one year earlier, Taylor-Johnson's fellow Kick-Ass star Evan Peters played an alternate version in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Unfortunately, the former's iteration of the character sacrificed himself to save Clint Barton/Hawkeye, and he never reappeared in the MCU.

Speaking with IMDb, Taylor-Johnson also discussed how both he and Peters played the role in different franchises. Per Taylor-Johnson, no ill will exists between the two. In fact, he detailed a story wherein he saw Peters at "comic-con where they had the X-Men lineup of guys." He said they shared a "sort of pinch yourself moment," saying to each other: "oh my god,...