There are many similarities between Watchmen’s The Comedian and Batman’s Joker. As it turns out, the process of acting out such cartoonish sociopaths is similar for the actors too. Just as Heath Ledger famously talked about how difficult it was to shake the Joker, now Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays The Comedian in Watchmen, is talking about the difficulties he had both physically and psychologically.
Morgan says that The Comedian is more than just “this brutal bastard of a man”, and that the character stayed with him when he went home. Morgan also had issues with his costume, because the “sweaty, squeaky” thing took six hours to put on. PR Inside has more:
Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan didn’t have to dig too deep to play a twisted and psychotic crimebuster in the hit action movie – his uncomfortable costume made him feel like killing someone.
The Grey’s Anatomy star plays The Comedian in the new movie and admits he hated the outfit he had to wear to bring his character to life.
He tells WENN, “You quickly realize it’s gonna really take six hours to put this costume on every day. So I’d come out of the costume and I’d be ready to kick somebody’s ass, because it’s such a long painful process. It’s hard to move, it’s sweaty, squeaky.”
“There was always something but ultimately it helped so much to turn myself into the character. A lot of it had to do with the costume. He’s (Comedian) a very sad soul. There’s more to him than just this brutal bastard of a man. It was hard to shake Comedian at the end of the day. There were days when I went home and thought, ‘What did I just do?’ because he was just so sad.”
From PR-Inside
I have great affection for Jeffrey Dean Morgan, despite his sometimes unfortunate jokes. I really hoped that this film would make him a huge star, and he wouldn’t have to resort to always playing the dead guy. Watchmen was an opening weekend winner, but most “industry watchers” were very disappointed, and there are low expectations for the film overseas. People kept on comparing it to the director’s other film, 300, which was an explosive hit in America and abroad. It looks like Morgan didn’t get his career-making performance yet, but I’m still watching!
Photos are stills from Watchmen thanks to Allmoviephoto.
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