Matthew Modine agreed to star in Godzilla x Kong: Supernova because he “wanted to meet Godzilla” – only to be disappointed the Titan wasn’t actually there during filming.
Matthew Modine signed on to Godzilla x Kong: Supernova because he “wanted to meet Godzilla”.
The Stranger Things actor, 66, is due to star in the upcoming MonsterVerse blockbuster, and has now revealed he had agreed to appear in the film to meet the iconic Titan – only to be disappointed Godzilla wasn’t actually there during production.
Speaking on a panel at Tampa Bay Comic Convention, the Full Metal Jacket actor said: “I just worked in Godzilla x King Kong: Supernova. That was pretty exciting. Oh, to work with Godzilla.
“When I was working on Godzilla – that’s what I was gonna say – I kept waiting.
“I was like, ‘Wait a minute, Godzilla is not here!’ I’m looking at Godzilla and King Kong as if they’re there. And when you go to drama school, there’s exercises you do where you come out, and you have to see things that aren’t there.
“So I was happy to pretend that Godzilla was there. I did the movie because I wanted to meet Godzilla.”
As well as Modine, Godzilla x Kong: Supernova will introduce new characters played by Sam Neill, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo and Alycia Debnam-Carey.
The film will also see the return of Dan Stevens as Trapper Beasley.
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova is being helmed by We Bury the Dead director Grant Sputore and written by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings scribe David Callaham.
Although no plot details about the movie are known, Deadline previously reported Godzilla x Kong: Supernova will introduce several new human characters who will join the titular Titans as they face off against a new world-ending threat.
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova – which is slated to hit cinemas in March 2027 – will pick up after the events of 2024’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Starring Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Brian Tyree Henry, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire followed the legendary Titans, Godzilla and Kong, as they joined forces to face a powerful new threat rising from within Hollow Earth – one that poses a danger to both their kind and the future of humanity.
Last year, it was announced that Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam Wingard would not be helming the next film due to scheduling conflicts.
At the time, The Hollywood Reporter stated that his departure was amicable and that the possibility remained for Wingard to return to helm another Monsterverse movie in the future.
Despite stepping away, Wingard had previously hinted that he had “more story to tell” within the MonsterVerse.
Speaking to Discussing Film ahead of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’s theatrical release in March 2024, he said: “The whole idea that if you’ve done two movies, like, maybe you should just go ahead and do a third because, as you said, there’s a trilogy in there.
“It just depends on how [Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire] does and how things kind of shape out. I do have more story to tell with these monsters, and I know where I’d go with it.
“I would be very excited to be able to come back on for another one if things worked out!”
Matthew Modine teases ‘pretty exciting’ Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
