J.K. Simmons, Steve Yeun and Gillian Jacobs Talk Invincible [Video]

When J.K. Simmons was first offered a role in Robert Kirkman’s adult animated superhero television series Invincible, he turned it down. 

“I don’t know if I’ve actually said this publicly before,” shares Simmons recalling the story. “When they first came to me at the very beginning of this, it was, first of all, a very busy time for me. And second of all, it was to play a different character. I read it – though there wasn’t much to read yet – and I didn’t know the source material. I’m one of the few people who didn’t. So, I just went, ‘Interesting. But I don’t think so.’”

Of course, the Invincible team, being familiar with Simmons’ famous portfolio of work from Whiplash to Spider-Man, didn’t give up on recruiting the Academy Award-winning actor. 

“I don’t know how much later it was that they came back and asked me to play Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man,” Simmons says. “I gave it …