In another brief interview with MTV News, actor Peter Sarsgaard talked about his venture to purchase comic book in hopes it would help him portray the villainous Hector Hammond in Martin Campbell's live-action film, Green Lantern:
"I got [comics] from this guy around the corner from me in Brooklyn, who has a store," Sarsgaard told MTV News at this year's San Diego Comic Con. Whether those books were important in his preparation for the role is a different story.
"A little bit," he explained.
"Honestly, the most helpful thing is to look to the script, because you know, it's true of anything, I mean, any kind of research for any movie — you're playing a pianist, well you could go and learn the piano, or you could just work on the script. Because you're not really going to be playing the piano anyway."
In the comics world, Hammond was a private contractor and scientist who, when exposed to the power core of Abin Sur's downed ship, experienced exponential growth of his brain. This growth gave his powerful telepathic and telekinetic abilities, in exchange for the use of his body which eventually became atrophied.
To read more about the plot synopsis for Green Lantern, which is scheduled for theatrical release on June 17th, 2011, click
HERE.