Loki episode 2 director says the show's Brad Wolfe isn't necessarily the Zaniac fans know from the comics
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Loki season 2 episode 2. If you've yet to tune in, and don't want to know anything that happens, turn back now.
Well, that's it, Zaniac is officially in the MCU. Marvel TV series Loki welcomed the character into the franchise in the second episode of its second season, though director Dan Deleeuw claims he's not quite the guy comic book fans will be expecting.
"I think, within the multiverse, in terms of him being Brad Wolfe, he's on a timeline that's not really gone to the evil version of that," he laughs in an exclusive interview with GamesRadar+. "Go a few timelines over and you'll probably find someone who's more like the villain character."
In the source material, Zaniac, or Brad Wolfe as Deleeuw mentions, was abused and neglected by his mother as a child, but went on to become an actor – eventually landing the titular role of a misogynistic serial killer named Zaniac. Wolfe later explained that he gravitated towards the low-budget slasher because he identified with the main character's tragic backstory, and that it'd likely lead to bigger, better work.
One night on set, though, he was caught up in an explosion behind-the-scenes, and the residual radiation from the Manhattan Project gave him super strength and the ability to generate energy knives from his hands. At the same time, he was possessed by a demonic entity and driven mad and murderous so, you know, all in all, a bit of a bad day... For now, the most heinous crime Loki's Brad, or X-5 as his Time Variance Authority pals know him, has committed is being a snarky jobsworth.
Initially in cahoots with Kate Dickie's General Dox, who's hellbent on erasing every branched timeline set off by Sylvie's murder of He Who
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