A terrible thing happens and it's a nightmare that begins and just seems to spiral out of control. |
Don't open the door! |
Frank Miller was worried it would be tempered down; it wouldn't be quite what he originally intended. Robert Rodriguez went to him and said, 'I'm going to be incredibly faithful to your original material,' shot a five-minute test. Frank said, 'I'm in. Let's do it.' |
He's a very inspired choice for a movie like this because he's very specific and precise and he's very psychologically clear, ... And for a movie like this, which you could do very bombastically -- a big, crash-bang-wallop thriller -- you knew that he would pitch it so that everything would be very objective and clear. |
He's a very inspired choice for a movie like this because he's very specific and precise and he's very psychologically clear. And for a movie like this, which you could do very bombastically -- a big, crash-bang-wallop thriller -- you knew that he would pitch it so that everything would be very objective and clear. |
I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines. |
I had a great time there. It's a very lovely, cultural place. Great restaurants, great places to go. People were really lovely. |
I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it. |
I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things. |
I never saw it coming. You know, you very often read a thriller and you can see where it's heading or things are spelled out too clearly or they're so clever in their twist and turns that it's all a bit contrived and you really don't buy the situation. |
I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human. |
I think it could definitely be disturbing. It's taken the central theme and it's definitely the same story, but the elements of the book have been changed quite a lot. It's still set 30 years in the future and the conceit is still the same, that no one has had a baby anywhere for eighteen years and our reluctant hero has ended up linked with the only pregnant girl on the planet. That's still the same, but Alfonso's done a really fascinating, unusual exploration of where things could be going, and that's still very, very strong in the movie. It's a very unusual take. People are assuming it's a sci-fi movie but it's almost the opposite of that. It's like now, but worse. It's the environment we're living in. It's not futuristic. It's like things have not ended up that great and we're in a world where there are no children, which is a pretty bleak place. Half the movie's a chase movie, really, but it's in a really extraordinary vision of the future. |
I think it's the most successful bedding in of computer technology and people I've ever seen in a movie. |
I was very keen on playing a victim, |
I'm not normally one to commit to a long-running series. |