Video:Jeff Bridges Tron Legacy Interview
with Rebecca MurrayJeff Bridges revisits the world of Tron in 'Tron: Legacy', a sequel 25 years in the making. At the 2010 Comic Con, Bridges talked about why 'Tron' continues to appeal to audiences.
Transcript:Jeff Bridges Tron Legacy Interview
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con.
Jeff Bridges - Tron: Legacy
Jeff Bridges: "Sequels are kind of cool, you know? I did a sequel to The Last Picture Show called Texasville when we were 20 years in between. That was fun, you know, getting the cast and the director Peter Bogdanovich together. This one has also been fun. This one's 27 years...God, it's hard to believe. But Steven Lisberger, the writer and director of the original, was very much involved in this one. That was really wonderful to have him keep the thread of the original through this then. And it's fun to revisit a character, to keep that character alive. I enjoy that."How do you explain the lasting appeal of Tron?
Jeff Bridges: "Well, I think a couple of things come to mind. One is that it's an opportunity for the audience to see the cutting edge technology that's available to filmmakers in that period. That's what kind of brought me onboard in that first one was a chance to be a part of that. And now looking back, of course, that looks like an old black and white TV show. But it's still cool. It's kind of retro, but it's cool. And this one, all of the technology that's available to the filmmakers, of course, we used. Our production designer, Darren Gilford, and our special effects artist, Eric Barba, what they've come up with is so spectacular and it's a challenge for the actors getting used to working in a whole new way. A lot of the film was shot without cameras. Can you imagine making a movie without cameras?"
No.
Jeff Bridges: "Isn't i is bizarre. And you would shoot it in a place called the Volume, and the Volume could be any size with hundreds of little sensors - I guess you'd call them - sensors around the walls. And you're not in a costume, and everything is done in post-production - the camera angle, the lighting, your costume, the set. So it's kind of like going back to when you were a kid and you really had to imagine everything. You were pretending, a lot of pretend involved."
How different was the movie-making experience between now and back then?
Jeff Bridges: "Well, as I was saying quite different. We often didn't use cameras at all. And the cameras that we were using were big 3-D cameras which were kind of cumbersome, so it was a challenge for the director and the camera man to make that seem kind of effortless. They did a good job of that."
So you and Bruce Boxleitner are back together again. How was that?
Jeff Bridges: "That's so fun. It's great. We didn't have too many scenes in the movie together, but it's great to be at Comic Con and hang out with him. He's a good friend."
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