Written by Travis Knight is a “Masters of the Universe” fan.
Anyone who may have doubt that the director of the new 2026 “Masters of the Universe” Movie is not a fan should watch our interview with Travis Knight HERE.
Yet, we believe the movie will speak to the director’s fandom as well, and it will not only be clear that Knight is a lover of He-Man, but Skeletor too.
In a new interview, Knight demonstrates a great understanding of Skeletor and that it was important for him to get the iconic villain right.
Speaking to GamesRadar+, here is what Travis Knight had to say about the Evil Lord of Destruction:
TRAVIS KNIGHT “We loved [Skeletor] and we wanted to make sure that those things that we loved about him came through on the screen. He was funny, he was strange, he was scary, he was menacing, he looked cool. He was deeply insecure. He was always insulting his underlings. He had a very distinctive voice and a distinctive laugh. And so making sure that we had all of those things in the character was really important.”
And as previously reported (much like Travis Knight), Jared Leto had his “own history” with Masters of the Universe, as Travis explains…
“[Jared Leto] loved He-Man when he was a kid, just like I did, and Skeletor was his favorite character. So he really wanted to create a distinctive villain that honored everything that came before, while at the same time putting our spin on it. And he gave an incredible performance. I just think he’s so fun to watch.”
Travis Knight talks Jared Leto’s costume, and why (unlike Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian for example) it was important for Jared to be in costume and on set.
“Ultimately, it comes down to collaboration of disciplines, because he’s wearing this incredible muscle suit that was put together by our prosthetics master Barry Gower. He has this incredible costume made by our costumers led by Richard Sale, so he’s on set completely performing for his fellow actors, and the only thing that wasn’t there on the day was the skull of the face.
“Jared’s face was replaced by CG animation and the animators did an extraordinary job of capturing the nuance and the personality that Jared brought to the physical and the vocal performance, and so the face is really emotive. You wouldn’t think that would be the case for a skull, but there’s a lot of personality and a lot of emotion in that skull!”
“It was important to me [for Jared to be on set], because it’s not just the voice or the facial performance. So much of what we love about an actor is what they do with their body. How they physically move, it can communicate so much, so many different types of emotions just based on someone’s bearing, how they walk across the room. Jared understood that the physical performance was a big part of it. There’s so much that he brings to that aspect of it that has nothing to do with what you’re hearing or what you’re seeing in his face.”
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We’ll see you next time!
I hope Jared returns for sequels