It’s been announced that former Heroes star and regular Marvel animation voice actor Adrian Pasdar (Avengers Assemble) is set to appear in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the role of Glenn Talbot, the U.S. military Major who has spent much of his comic book career hunting The Incredible Hulk alongside General Thunderbolt Ross.
“In the same way that Iron Man [in Marvel’s Avengers Assemble] came up,” states Pasdar when asked by Marvel.com how he secured the role of Talbot. “I got a call from my good friend, [Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive Producer] Jeph Loeb. “Would you come and do this role?” and I read the character description and I thought, ‘Oh man. Here it is again. The sanctimonious [jerk]. That’s what they’re coming to me for.’ [laughs] His way’s the only way! I said, ‘Jeph, are you trying to tell me something?’ He said, ‘No, not at all! Nobody can play this quite like you, but no.’ [laughs] So he came to me and I said yes… As willing as I am to jump when Jeph calls, there had to be a little bit more in it than just an episode for me. So I can’t say much more but the mustache is in a locker and it’s being taken out and prepped as we speak for next week. Every show needs a jerk, [and] I guess I’m that guy. I make everybody else look so nice. I think it was Walt Disney who said it, ‘The show’s only as good as the bad guy is bad.'”
Originally published March 13, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
