Patrick Wilson to join 'Aquaman' as the villainous character, Orm

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Aquaman has been one of the more anticipated DCEU films due to the content being unlike anything else we’ve seen in superhero movies before. With a superhero who is known mostly for his abilities in the water, we could see an immersive and much different sort of movie than we’ve ever seen from a movie from Marvel or DC. According to Collider, Aquaman has just cast its villain as Patrick Wilson will play Orm, the half-brother of the titular character who always has his eyes on the throne of Atlantis.

            This isn’t a very surprising casting addition as Wilson is no stranger to working with the director of this film, James Wan. He’s starred in three other movies of his (The Conjuring, Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2). In addition to that, it isn’t his first foray into the comic book movie genre as he played Nite Owl in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. I like this casting choice as Wilson has proven in the past to be a good actor but maybe even a great actor when working with James Wan. The lead character of Aquaman will be played by Jason Momoa who was seen in a cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will lead this film and his wife an Queen, Mera will be played by Amber Heard.

            How do you guys feel about the casting of Patrick Wilson as Orm? It sounds to me very much like the dynamic between Thor and Loki in the Thor films but I think it’ll work great with these two actors just as well as it worked with Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston. Aquaman will be released in theaters on October 5^th, 2018.