Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the actor who portrays The Comedian in 'Watchmen', talks about the flashback scene where The Comedian rapes Silk Spectre, calling it as his hardest days of filming.
- Jan 21, 2009
AceShowbiz - As director Zack Snyder tries to stay true to the comic book, "Watchmen" will include the raping scene of Minutemen member Silk Spectre by her teammate, The Comedian. Talking about his experience filming the scene and the adjustment done to bring the particular scene to life, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the actor who plays The Comedian, opened up to MTV.
Describing the filming process as the hardest days of shooting, the co-star of Uma Thurman in "The Accidental Husband" recalled, "It was a three-day process shooting that particular scene, and it was hard." He continued adding, "It was three of the hardest days of filming I have ever had to do. It was really very violent."
On bringing the sequence from the comic to the big screen, the 42-year-old explained what needed to be done. "When you're looking at the comic book you only get a couple panels so there is a lot of stuff there that needs to be filled in," he said, "so we fill in the blanks there between three and four panels, and it turns out to be one hell of a violent scene."
"And it's all intact, [Hooded Justice] comes in and interrupts the attempted rape - it's all there," he then added. "We stayed very loyal to it, and I haven't actually seen the scene yet, but I did see a piece of playback when we were filming it and it's a lot."
When asked about whether general public is ready for the particular scene, the Denny Duquette of TV series "Grey's Anatomy" responded, "I know certainly the fans of the novel are [ready] and now it's a matter of reaching an audience that isn't familiar with the novel." He further stated, "I think Zack is the guy who is going to stay true to the novel and be able to reach a main stream audience as well. If they are ready for it? I don't know, we will see. It's rated 'R' for a reason."
From the director of "300" and "Dawn of the Dead" comes a feature film adaptation from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 comic book series, "Watchmen". To blast in U.S. theaters on March 6, it stars Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup and Matthew Goode as the group of costumed heroes in an alternate 1985 America. Dealing with the conspiracy to discredit all past and present heroes, they are seeking to protect humanity.
