Here are some of the best bits from the San Diego Comic Con panel directly from MTV Splash Page who were there earlier today. A new trailer for the movie was also shown but has yet to be released online.
"Every day was fun. It was a really ambitious project and the work that the actors did became easier each week," Willis said. "Because each week we got another big movie star that we were all excited about...It was like recess." Helen adds: "They had the Queen and then they had God."
The moderator asked the cast about keeping a straight face during the comedic moments. Willis said he'd love to see a short film of all the actors off camera trying to keep a straight face. He said he thinks of the movie as a rom-com as well as an action movie. That got a laugh, but he seemed serious.
"They gave us a lot of money. I could buy most of you now," Ellis joked. "My role was to stay out of the way." He wanted to see an interpretation not an adaptation. He said the filmmakers love comics. Hammer said they had a lot of respect for what they did.
Urban answered a fan question about the stunt work by describing it as "intense" and "extensive," including an "extraordinary" fight with Bruce.
Willis was asked about stunt work as well. He said that the goal is always to keep everyone safe. He also said that the movie employs a lot of modern mixed martial arts, vs "old time fighting." "I really enjoyed fighting with Karl."
"We both said the first time they saw us run, they'd fire us," Parker joked. Mirren talked about gun training. "The most difficult thing is to keep straight face."
Mirren described Willis as their leader and said he was always welcoming to each cast member and made them all feel comfortable and at ease. "Bruce and I bonded in a way where we got to beat the living s--- out of each other," Urban said to big laughs.
Ellis insisted there were no pitfalls to seeing the graphic novel turned into a movie. He said he didn't write the book thinking about it being movie. He said that can lead to "madness" or to being "Mark Millar!"
Mirren admitted to being "s--- scared" (in those exact words!) coming into the action genre, but, "it was great to have guns instead of words," she laughed. "Because long speeches are harder."
And also from
MTV comes this video of an interview with the
Red comic book creators Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.
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