We’re going to get into some SPOILERS for Clayface. Consider yourself warned. If you found yourself wondering, “Wait, was that Aaron Paul?” during the finale of Clayface, you’re not alone. And yes, yes it was. The Breaking Bad actor made a cameo in Clayface, but director James Watkins told Entertainment Weekly that he was originally part of a larger scene.
Aaron Paul’s Clayface Cameo
Paul’s brief appearance in Clayface comes near the end as Matt Hagan (Tom Rhys Harries) unleashes his shapeshifting abilities to massacre a group of mobsters. At one point, he briefly transforms into Jimmy, his own deceased and abusive father. That’s Aaron Paul
However, Paul was originally meant to appear more, including a flashback sequence featuring a younger Matt. However, those scenes were ultimately cut out of the film.
“In terms of trying to figure out the character, it was, How much is Matt defined by his past and how much is he an everyman?” Watkins explained. “At one point, we were looking at it and thinking, Is it the ‘sins of the father’? But actually, as we worked on the script, I thought that notion of revenge was more universal and more relatable to all of us. It doesn’t matter whether you’re carrying a trauma or any of that. If we’re slighted, we carry this sense of being wronged and we all want to do something, but generally in life we can’t do anything about it and we’re powerless.“
With those flashback scenes gone, Watkins believes Matt uses his father’s ghost as a weapon against those who wronged him. “He’s probably saying, ‘No, I’m not my father,’” Watkins said.
All About Clayface
The official description for Clayface reads: “Matt Hagen’s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss’s actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.“
Clayface has been directed by James Watkins (Speak No Evil) and stars Tom Rhys Harries (The Gentlemen), Naomi Ackie (No Time to Die), and Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale). The film has received an R-rating for “Strong bloody violence, gore, language, some nudity and brief drug use.“
What We Thought
Our own Chris Bumbray enjoyed the film, which he said marks a departure from the more overly polished Superman and Supergirl.
“Those big-budget films were hampered by overly polished filmmaking by committee that sanded off all the rough edges, leaving them bland,” he wrote. “Clayface is something else entirely—a down-and-dirty revenge flick done through a horror lens, with very little superhero aesthetic working its way in other than the Gotham City setting and the fact that the titular character eventually becomes part of Batman’s rogues’ gallery.“
He continued, “While not a masterpiece, Clayface is actually the best movie Gunn’s DCU has put out to date. It’s not overstuffed like Superman, or as assembly-line as Supergirl. It does its own thing, revelling in some gross-out thrills that made this a fun watch—especially so close to Halloween.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.
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