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Amy West

Self-proclaimed "immersive" actor Jared Leto opens up on the "difficult challenge" of playing a Program with no backstory in new sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares

Jared Leto as Ares in Tron: Ares.

Jared Leto is known for diving deep into the characters he plays, whether they're a blood-sucking Marvel anti-hero, a struggling addict, or a fashion designer marginalized by his own family. With Tron: Ares, though, he had to switch up his approach, given that he was portraying a Program with little expression and zero backstory.

"I just show my true personality: empty, flat, clinical," the Oscar winner, who has previously referred to his way of working as "immersive" rather than "method", jokes when GamesRadar+ asks him how he got to grips with Ares. "No, it's an interesting question because it did pose a pretty difficult challenge for me. In some ways, it's easier when you have a lot to grab a hold of, and I am used to exploring, kind of, some of the more colorful aspects of character. Ares is all about efficiency; I think about him as, like, a stoic samurai warrior. You know, not a wasted movement?

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