Actor who played The Mask’s villain looks unrecognisable almost 30 years on in new Prime Video series The Continental
AN actor who played The Mask’s villain looks drastically different almost 30 years later on in new Prime Video series, The Continental.
The three-episode show – which drops on Prime Video today – explores the origin story behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins made famous in the Keanu Reeves-led films.
The Continental is set in 1970s New York City and follows a young Winston Scott as he charts a deadly course through the hotel’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize it from its current boss, Cormac.
Peter Greene, the villain from the smash film The Mask, stars in the new series.
In The Mask (1994), he played the lead nemesis opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz.
But now almost 30 years later on from the comedy fantasy film, Peter looks unrecognisable in his now role in The Continental.
Cormac is played by legendary actor Mel Gibson and the menacing character will definitely appeal to fans of the John Wick Universe.
Speaking about working with the Oscar-winner, The Continental’s Action Director Larnell Stovall admitted that despite his own successful career in the industry, he was nervous to work with him.
Larnell said: “What was interesting about Mel was…look, I grew up watching him, so the idea of being on set with him was pretty intimidating.
“You have to present something as small as ‘Hi Sir this is what we are planning on doing in this small action sequence’, you’re never really telling him what to do, you’re suggesting.
“But after a few moments he’s like ‘Hey kid, you know what you’re doing’, then he opens up.”
Larnell spoke at an immersive experience hosted at the Redchurch Townhouse in London, which had been turned into The Continental for the launch of the new series.
He recalled how he got to see the fun side of Mel, which is at odds with the serious and sinister character he plays in the show.