Peace of Work

At an event for his pic Morbius in Playa Vista, Calif., on March 30, the Oscar winner couldn’t resist playing up his part as the titular comic book vampire. As he’s explained, “I’ve always been interested in transformation, and this was a way to explore that territory in a big Marvel film .... I think it’s the first time I’ve ever starred in a big movie like this in my entire career, so it was new territory.

I generally hide out in the shadows.”