Hancock Interviews - Hancock Premiere in Hollywood
The stars of 'Hancock' - Will Smith and Charlize Theron - practically ran down the red carpet but the film's director Peter Berg, producer Akiva Goldsman, and a few members of the cast stopped to chat before taking in the special Hollywood screening.
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Transcript: Hancock Interviews - Hancock Premiere in Hollywood
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the Hollywood Premiere of Columbia Pictures' Hancock.
Director Peter Berg
Peter Berg: "I think we all wanted to try and do something different, wanted to make a different kind of superhero film, and that was nerve-wracking. Fortunately we had a great movie star in Will to go for it."
What's the appeal of bringing an anti-hero story to the big screen?
Peter Berg: "It just felt fresh, you know? It felt like there had been a lot of superhero films that had attempted to do that, or have done it. Certainly Spider-Man or Batman have dark sides. And we wanted to explore that in a slightly funner way."
Producer Akiva Goldsman
In this summer of superheroes, what makes this one stand apart?
Akiva Goldsman: "Alcohol consumption. Yeah, yeah, there's a lot of it. And breakage, damage, property damage – a lot of that. Crying… There's a lot of crying."
All important things to a superhero movie.
Akiva Goldsman: "Yeah, that's about it."
So, what was the appeal of bringing this story to the screen?
Akiva Goldsman: "Oh it's a wonderful… It's always been a wonderful idea, this notion of superheroes who are flawed."
This script has been around a while.
Akiva Goldsman: "Forever. It took 15 years, when this script sort of first appeared. It's taken a long time to get to the screen."
Jason Bateman ('Ray') and Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane: "Hey, hey, whoa, whoa pal. Easy on the clothes here. Just ask, you know? Just ask."
Jason Bateman: "I play a PR agent that saves Thomas Jane's life in the film."
Thomas Jane: "That's right. Too bad I got cut out. But he's still in the movie for some reason."
Jason Bateman: "But he's in a DVD extra that will be worth the price."
Thomas Jane: "Somehow they replaced him with a guy named Will Smith."
Jason Bateman: "He's a comer. You keep your eye on him."
Liz Wicker ('Female Cop')
Working with Will on this, your character is in trouble and you get rescued. What was it like being rescued by Will Smith?
Liz Wicker: "Everybody keeps asking me that. They're like, 'Did he smell good?' I'm like, 'Of course, yeah.'"
Even with that hot uniform he had on?
Liz Wicker: "I know. Well we both had really hot, thick, crazy uniforms on. It was really funny. Well, he had on leather and that was kind of fun. I don't know…"
Daeg Faerch ('Michel')
You have to be mean to Will Smith, so how tough is it to be mean to Will Smith?
Daeg Faerch: "Well, as an actor you just got to kind of get into your zone and just, 'I am Michel. I am a bully. I don't care who it is.'"
Chris Daughtry
Chris, who's your favorite superhero?
Chris Daughtry: "Batman. Hancock tonight."
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