The Spirit Speaks!

By George 'El Guapo' Roush on September 23, 2008

Not sure about you, but The Spirit is one movie I just can't get excited about. It feels too much like Sin City and The Sprit just isn't an interesting super hero to me. Perhaps that all will change when I see the film, but fo  now I'm not very interested in it. Wizard had an interview with The Spirit and got some info from the 36 year old actor.

WIZARD: "The Spirit" co-stars Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Paulson and Eva Mendes, among other knockouts. Some people might think your job was to hang out with beautiful women all day. Tell me if I'm over-simplifying things.
MACHT: Of course, it was a lot of fun. All the girls were lovely. Eva would come in for two and a half or three weeks, and then Sarah would come in for a week or two, [and then] Scarlett would come in for a little bit. It was nice to have a variety of great actresses to work with.

Did Miller advise you to go and read some Eisner, or were you already a fan?
I actually didn't know about the Spirit until the audition. I bought the "best of" Spirit collections. When I got to set, Frank said, "Listen, I don't want you to look at those. I'm not crazy about the coloring." He wasn't a fan. He liked the black and white. So he gave me his best picks, and I read through all of those Spirit comics and put them up in my trailer. You couldn't see any wall. It was all comics.

Click HERE to read the rest of the interview.

How could a 36 year old man have never heard of The Spirit? I swear, most of these actors are so out of touch with current and past pop culture topics and persons it's amazing. It's like saying I've never heard of Rubik's Square.

Source:Wizard Universe

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  Comments

• THE RED TIE! Thu Sep 25 at 17:27 EST

  THE RED TIE! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RED TIE!!!!! OTHER THAN THAT IT LOOKS LIKE SIN CITY MEETS A BLACK AND WHITE DICK TRACY! BUT I HAVE FAITH IN FRANK MILLER HE'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRANGE FUCKER! AND I RESPECT THAT

  Author: 420BAND | Permalink

• Tue Sep 23 at 19:03 EST

  i'm not much of a spirit fan either. i hope the movie is more exciting than it looks. i bet it'll be good. sammy j is in it.

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• Ya... Tue Sep 23 at 13:52 EST

  I know it's Rubik's Cube. Someone didn't get the joke.

  Author: El Guapo | Permalink

• Deez Tue Sep 23 at 13:45 EST

  That's a Rubik's Cube...fanboy.

  Author: Rerun | Permalink

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