Elijah Wood talks making new ‘Toxic Avenger’ opposite Peter Dinklage and Kevin Bacon

Move over Marvel The Toxic Avenger spills into movie theaters Friday and driving right into the ooze of the story is Elijah Wood Deco sat down with the actor to talk about being a villian so icky even Miami humidity makes him jealous Character in The Toxic Avenger Who the expletive are you Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze The Toxic Avenger Just particular dude Specific dude that has a face only a mother can love Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze The Toxic Avenger I m a monster David Yow as Guthrie Stockins You re not a monster Show him your good heart In the reboot of the cult classic The Toxic Avenger a chemical accident turns a normie janitor into a superhero Let s just say his personality is what matters preponderance Elijah Wood as Fritz Garbonger Summon the nuts And Elijah Wood joins the chaos as a creepy villain Elijah Wood It retains elements that the original is known for absurd comedy cartoonish violence like ridiculous violence and gore and just a heightened sense of reality and wild ridiculous characters Elijah Wood as Fritz Garbonger Find him bring him here There you are He closes the gap to six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon and plays an oddball brother to Kevin s ruthless corporate character Elijah Wood Bob Garbinger owns this multimillion-dollar kind of pharmaceutical company that really is poisoning people and taking advantage of people Kevin Bacon as Bob Garbinger Do you realize what s at stake here Elijah Wood So my character Fritz is essentially his henchman tasked with doing his bidding and also his punching bag He s also a manager of a band on the side He really wants to sort of exert a sense of control but really he s at his brother s beck and call and I think ultimately there s a thread with him that he just wants to be loved Also looking to be loved is Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze aka the Toxic Avenger Jacob Tremblay as Wade Looks great Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze I ll just scrape off the black part That part s pretty good Ultimately he just wants to be a good role model for his stepson and that means his mutated body necessities to pick up the mop and bucket because it s time to clean up the bad guys Elijah Wood His redemptive arc as the Toxic Avenger is to lay waste to the people that put him in that situation but also like be a strong role model for his son There s a really strong father son story throughout the core of it Jacob Tremblay as Wade That was just self-defense You haven t killed anyone else have you Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze The Toxic Avenger See when you say self-defense