Post by crazy_asian_man on Jun 27, 2012 19:46:48 GMT -5
Well, I know how anti-Joe Manganiello many are for casting him as Superman--- but in this new interview, he comes off as someone who was a real fan of the comix, and lends some tidbits on Snyder's MOS...
Personally, having an actor who sounds truly passionate about playing the character makes him harder to hate, imo...
here's some tidbits and the link for the full interview:
the Kidd - Do you anticipate being brought up then for the eventually rebooted Batman to just kind of give you the kind of Holy Trinity of...
Joe Manganiello - From your mouth to God’s ears, man. I mean of course, I grew up, as a kid, I read comic books, and I watched every single comic book movie that ever... You know, I was a big sci-fi fan, I was just that kid. I’m a fanboy at heart. So, yeah, that is on my radar, and I think in the back of my mind, even going getting classical theatre training to the way that I work out at the gym, all of it in the back of my mind has been to build this thing, this career in order to play...
The Kidd - Things that you would have liked to see yourself...
Joe Manganiello - To play a superhero the way I would have liked to see it as a kid. And I think that was the really disappointing thing about the Superman situation was that I think that I know comic books really well, and I had a really fresh take on the character and I really think I... I was excited to share a take on where to take him and give him a little more edge.
The Kidd - Yeah, well especially being a fanboy you know the criticsm or the microscope that all these films... Even just the minor details like the suit or whatever that these things get put under, so that’s why i was curious to know if it was really heartbreaking or...
Joe Manganiello - Yeah, it was, because, like I said, I had a take on it that I think was going to resonate. You know, I’m lucky that I’ve gotten to work on really high concept projects with really smart people. Sam Raimi as an example. You know, Sam was really hesitant to put Venom into the movies... Because he didn’t understand why an audience would hook into that. I mean it looks cool, the black suit, you can sell merchandise, all new Halloween costumes, but what’s human about that? I think the reason that SPIDER-MAN 1 and 2 worked so well was that there was such a human component to it. I think that’s the reason why TRUE BLOOD works so well is we’re not really playing monsters, we’re playing these people who are dealing with this...
The Kidd - This conflict, which is just kind of prevalent through the Marvel Universe.
Joe Manganiello - The Marvel characters are really human, and I think that they get hurt, and they fall in love and there’s a whole side of that, to those Marvel characters, that I grew up with, to those X-Men characters. I think that’s what resonates. I was interested in taking that approach... There’s a series of comics called Supreme Power where they deconstruct the DC characters and I was looking at those thinking, "That’s the take." There’s this baby that falls to Earth in a meteor, and why fight for America? Why fight for anything? Why choose them, and not them? How do you save this person’s life knowing that one dies if you save them? How do you make those choices? Feeling alone, being an alien. You know, there’s a whole side of that that I was interested in the human aspect of this alien living on the planet. That’s what really hooked me about the character and, you know, I had a long talk with Zack Snyder about it, and I was really excited. I got really excited about it. But at the end of the day, that wasn’t mine.
www.aintitcool.com/node/56636
Personally, having an actor who sounds truly passionate about playing the character makes him harder to hate, imo...
here's some tidbits and the link for the full interview:
the Kidd - Do you anticipate being brought up then for the eventually rebooted Batman to just kind of give you the kind of Holy Trinity of...
Joe Manganiello - From your mouth to God’s ears, man. I mean of course, I grew up, as a kid, I read comic books, and I watched every single comic book movie that ever... You know, I was a big sci-fi fan, I was just that kid. I’m a fanboy at heart. So, yeah, that is on my radar, and I think in the back of my mind, even going getting classical theatre training to the way that I work out at the gym, all of it in the back of my mind has been to build this thing, this career in order to play...
The Kidd - Things that you would have liked to see yourself...
Joe Manganiello - To play a superhero the way I would have liked to see it as a kid. And I think that was the really disappointing thing about the Superman situation was that I think that I know comic books really well, and I had a really fresh take on the character and I really think I... I was excited to share a take on where to take him and give him a little more edge.
The Kidd - Yeah, well especially being a fanboy you know the criticsm or the microscope that all these films... Even just the minor details like the suit or whatever that these things get put under, so that’s why i was curious to know if it was really heartbreaking or...
Joe Manganiello - Yeah, it was, because, like I said, I had a take on it that I think was going to resonate. You know, I’m lucky that I’ve gotten to work on really high concept projects with really smart people. Sam Raimi as an example. You know, Sam was really hesitant to put Venom into the movies... Because he didn’t understand why an audience would hook into that. I mean it looks cool, the black suit, you can sell merchandise, all new Halloween costumes, but what’s human about that? I think the reason that SPIDER-MAN 1 and 2 worked so well was that there was such a human component to it. I think that’s the reason why TRUE BLOOD works so well is we’re not really playing monsters, we’re playing these people who are dealing with this...
The Kidd - This conflict, which is just kind of prevalent through the Marvel Universe.
Joe Manganiello - The Marvel characters are really human, and I think that they get hurt, and they fall in love and there’s a whole side of that, to those Marvel characters, that I grew up with, to those X-Men characters. I think that’s what resonates. I was interested in taking that approach... There’s a series of comics called Supreme Power where they deconstruct the DC characters and I was looking at those thinking, "That’s the take." There’s this baby that falls to Earth in a meteor, and why fight for America? Why fight for anything? Why choose them, and not them? How do you save this person’s life knowing that one dies if you save them? How do you make those choices? Feeling alone, being an alien. You know, there’s a whole side of that that I was interested in the human aspect of this alien living on the planet. That’s what really hooked me about the character and, you know, I had a long talk with Zack Snyder about it, and I was really excited. I got really excited about it. But at the end of the day, that wasn’t mine.
www.aintitcool.com/node/56636
