Sir Ben Kinglsey lends his voice to the villainous Archibald Snatcher in Laika’s The Boxtrolls, which is set to be released in September. We were able to speak with the actor about the film recently – stay tuned for more on the genuinely charming stop-motion adventure soon.

During the course of our chat, we touched on how Kingsley felt about the continued questions surrounding the role of The Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Warning: There are spoilers for both Iron Man 3 and the Marvel One Shot: All Hail the King ahead.

As many know, there was a storm of controversy among comic fans when Kingsley’s legitimately menacing Mandarin was revealed to be a struggling actor – Trevor Slattery – hired to portray the dangerous man in the media as a smokescreen for Guy Pearce’s Aldrich Killian.

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