Aaron Taylor-Johnson says he’s still not as heroic as his on-screen characters despite undergoing military training for his blockbuster role in Godzilla.
The hunky 23-year-old revealed his hellish rehearsal regime as he stepped out for the flick’s red carpet premiere in London last night accompanied by his leather-clad wife Sam Taylor-Johnson, 47.
‘It was very exciting,’ said the father-of-two, who is seen skydiving and fighting giant beasts in the Hollywood monster movie.
‘I’ve been on military tanks, trains with missiles, we jump out of helicopters. I did actually jump out of an aeroplane, but it was still on the tarmac.’
The star told how he received intense military training for the film role in which he plays a bomb disposal expert.
‘I did quite a lot of the stunts involved and there was an amazing team. I had a marine guy who I worked with closely on the movie. I got used to the equipment and learnt to fire rounds,’ he explained.
‘And I got used to the military lingo they use – it’s like a boys club.’
Co-star and on-screen wife Elizabeth Olsen (pictured left) was also in Leicester Square.
She said Taylor-Johnson is like family, since they play lovers in Godzilla and siblings in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron.
‘He definitely feels like a brother. We have that playful, teasing relationship. And it is also the first time I’ve ever worked with the same actor on two projects so there is a comfort there,’ the 25-year-old American told Metro.
She also revealed her real sisters – twins Mary Kate and Ashley, 27 – still give her old clothes.
‘I don’t really like shopping so my sisters used to give me hand-me-downs, but now they make clothes for a living so I wear that,’ she giggled – while wrapping one of her sister’s The Row jackets over an Elie Saab evening dress.