Secret Invasion's Kingsley Ben-Adir Explains How Gravik Inspired His Barbie Character
When you take on the role of a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, chances are you already realize that your profile is about to be on the rise. After all, anytime a new Marvel show or movie arrives, the villain is front and center, ready to be hated. With Secret Invasion, though, Kingsley Ben-Adir is in a unique situation as Gravik. That situation is pink, happy, and living somewhere in Barbie's dreamhouse.
See, Ben-Adir, isn't only a newcomer to the MCU, but this summer he also appears in Barbie as none other than Ken--well, one of them anyway.
While sitting down with the actor to discuss Secret Invasion, GameSpot couldn't help but wonder what his villainous Skrull character has in common with his particular version of Ken. The answer won't surprise you, but the reasoning behind it might.
«Absolutely nothing,» Ben-Adir said plainly, before admitting how close together the two projects were filmed and how one character influenced the other.
«I think going on to Barbie straight after this, a lot of the choices that I made or spoke to Greta about before I made, were trying to make [Ken] the complete opposite [of Gravik] in a way,» he explained. «I don't think it's giving too much away to say that the Ken that I play is like the seven-year-old boy who doesn't like violence, loves everyone… he's a child. And I think Gravik is a sociopath.»
Of course, given the lengths we've seen Gravik go to in the first two episodes of Secret Invasion, that's not a massive surprise. He's blown up a big chunk of Moscow, taken a spot as the leader of Skrulls on earth, and wants to just get rid of the pesky humans standing in the way of this becoming a new home for all Skrulls.
Naturally, when you see flashbacks to the times the Skrull
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