Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance's "Blackout" Not Based On Comic Book Version!

Talking to MTV Splash Page, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have revealed just how much they took from the comic books when it came to the big screen version of Blackout, and it turns out that it wasn't much at all! They also comment on Ciaran Hinds as the Devil (replacing Peter Fonda from the first critically panned movie) and you can find the video - once again only available in the US - as well as a transcript, below.

"We didn't really honestly do a lot of research into the comic book version of Blackout. We kind of just took the visual of him and went from there. The Devil kind of created the Ghost Rider, but he also created Blackout, so if the Ghost Rider is the result of a demon possessing someone, then Blackout probably is too. He's just as powerful in his own way. We didn't really explore who that demon was or get into the backstory or the mythology of the villain but in our heads we looked at him as a foil to Ghost Rider."

"A guy like Ciaran Hinds, you think gravity, weight. He is intimidating when he walks on set. He's so powerful, he's incredible classically trained actor. His gravity is sort of what holds this thing in place, and that's sort of what is the balance of 'Ghost Rider.'"