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Carla Gugino Calls Her Watchmen Role "A Challenge"
Says even the opening credits will be great.
by Jeff Giles | February 01, 2008
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Ask a dozen film critics to each make a list of the most underappreciated actresses working in Hollywood today, and the name "Carla Gugino" is likely to appear more than once -- but her turn as the Silk Spectre in Zack Snyder's Watchmen just might help her grab that elusive spotlight.

Gugino tells MTV Movies that what the role might occasionally lack in wardrobe, it more than makes up for in range:

"I start at 25 years old in the 1940s, and I age to 67 years old with full prosthetics in the 1980s...I kick a small amount of ass. I don't kick as much ass as some people do in the movie, however. But I get to play an old lady, which was just, for me, the most fascinating thing. To start as this young crime fighter and end up an alcoholic woman in her late 60s was for me enough of a challenge; let's put it that way."

Gugino also let a few details slip about Watchmen's opening credits sequence, which she describes as "extraordinary" and "a very, very special thing that wasn't scripted, that will be really empowering." From the article:

In those opening credits, Snyder is mixing CGI and real-life footage to establish the close-but-not-quite reality of a "Watchmen" world that mirrors our own. "It incorporates real history and the fictitious world of Watchmen, and so it's very cool," Gugino explained. "We meet Nixon and all sorts of people."

To read more of Carla Gugino's thoughts on Watchmen, click on the link below!

Source: MTV Movies

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Weicher
Weicher writes:
on Feb 01 2008 05:10 AM

Please don't screw this up. In the comic books, Sally Jupiter does not kick *** at all (actually, her *** is kicked by the Comedian in a terrible rape scene).

In my opinion, Snyder should let this go and be replaced by Paul Greengrass again, but that's just dreaming.


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rustdog
rustdog writes:
on Feb 01 2008 06:53 AM

Gugino has such a nice body. It will be interesting to see how they hide it when she's playing 67. I bet she's one hot granny.

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frogleg
frogleg writes:
on Feb 01 2008 07:29 AM

In reply to this comment (#1545463)
I just wish people would back off on all the premature negativity. Give it a chance, at least.

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jokerboy1991
jokerboy1991 writes:
on Feb 01 2008 07:55 AM

WATCHMEN is my all time favorite book, and I am actually really looking foward to this movie. I love the photos they released, it looks alot like the book. I won't be to mad if they make it different then the book, if they just keep the main point of the book ittle be great. I love the cast, I like that Zack Snyder is directing, I liked 300 and Dawn of the Dead (pretty good movies, not great). I cant wait to see this. P.S. Carla Gugino is so HOT!

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John Z. Delorean
John Z. Delorean writes:
on Feb 01 2008 08:10 AM

I'm a comic guy but was always a Marvel FanBoy. I've always heard how great the Watchmen book is and I'm actually interested enough that I hope to read the graphic novel. I hated 300 and thought it was just a video game disguised as a movie and that's being said because I expected a little something after a pretty well done Dawn of the Dead and considering the source material. Get it right Mr. Snyder. And yes I don't mind watching Carla Gugino onscreen even in alot of the crap she signs up for.

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mouse_clicker
mouse_clicker writes:
on Feb 01 2008 08:27 AM

"I hated 300 and thought it was just a video game disguised as a movie and that's being said because I expected a little something after a pretty well done Dawn of the Dead and considering the source material."

300 was *spot on* to the comic. With the exception of the added sex scene, that movie is more or less a panel-for-panel recreation of the comic book. That's literally all the comic book is: no depth whatsoever, just huge, incredibly gory fight scenes in beautiful, gigantic panels. I'm not saying you should like the movie-- I have no desire to see it again, either-- but I don't know what you were expecting. That movie was far and away the most faithful adaptation of a comic book I've ever seen.

But don't worry, Watchmen is a completely different comic book. A LOT more writing, a LOT more plot, a LOT more depth. They're almost polar opposites, really.

-Eric


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Crenshaw
Crenshaw writes:
on Feb 01 2008 08:47 AM

Sorry my brain took the words "Gugino...lack...wardrobe" and made me think of something else. How I can't stand up.

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twinsfan2715
twinsfan2715 writes:
on Feb 01 2008 04:32 PM

i loved watchmen and it is one of my all-time favorite books. there is not a whole lot of action in the book so i wouldn't mind if the movie added a bit. i also hate to see all this negativity about the film already. the movie doesn't come out for over a year, give it a break. i'm patiently waiting until then and have complete faith in snyder and the rest of the cast and crew

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Poncho_E
Poncho_E writes:
on Feb 01 2008 06:51 PM

Carla Gugino is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, back to Watchmen. It's my favorite book of all time and can't wait to see the damn thing on the big screen. Hopefully I won't be disappointed.

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Marineboy
Marineboy writes:
on Feb 02 2008 10:54 AM

If the creator isn't supporting it - I really don't think we can expect much. Sadly.

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Mr.Enigma
Mr.Enigma writes:
on Feb 02 2008 07:48 PM

In reply to this comment (#1548116)
Alan Moore doesn't back any adaptions of any of his comics. Have you seen V For Vendetta,The Leauge Of Extraordinary Gentleman,Constantine,or From Hell? Not saying any of them are good(aside than V For Vendetta),but did you see his name in the credits anywhere, for any of those movies? No,you didn't. Because he wouldn't let them use his name. Anytime they make changes to his work, he just goes crazy. The guy is a great story teller, but he has a huge ego.


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Poncho_E
Poncho_E writes:
on Feb 03 2008 08:37 AM

In reply to this comment (#1549030)
Well, would you want someone to talk about how much they "love" your work but would like to change a substantial amount of things? Alan Moore has every right to be pissed. I could see why he doesn't want his name associated with any of the crap that has been based on his work. Alan Moore is a ****in genius!

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Weicher
Weicher writes:
on Feb 04 2008 03:37 AM

I agree with PonchoE here. None of the films were faithful to the source material and all were rather mediocre, I think. It's a shame reading V for Vendetta and seeing the movie afterwards. They changed almost everything in the plot, character development and storyline. Only kept one scene (which is the best, actually): Ivy's "rebirth" or "transformation" or whatever you want to call it. The rest is utterly bad.

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Big Boss
Big Boss writes:
on Aug 16 2008 05:52 PM

I have read the book a thousand times and unfortunately I can't help myself but to think that movie won't be able to capture the complex masterpeice that is Watchmen. As for the those people bashin on Snyder and 300, 300 wasn't very plot orientated so to say that Snyder was able to make the movie with sum sort of plot is saying alot. I didn't beleive that 300 was the movie that was to show Snyders potential. But like i said before, the movie may not be able to capture the essence of Watchmen. However, i'm still hyped about the release of it next year and hopefully the movie is cutshort. Snyder really needs to take the comic and squeeze all the juice out of it and hoepfully he can prove me wrong.

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Big Boss
Big Boss writes:
on Aug 16 2008 05:53 PM

In reply to this comment (#1985966)
Sorry i meant "hopefully the movie ISN'T cutshort"

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