Josh Brolin recently talked to MTV Movies Editor Joshua Horowitz about working on
Jonah Hex. He talks pretty candidly about the changes the movie has made since filming began. He also talks about uncomfortable make up, wardrobe and his co-stars.
Here are a just few snippets courtesy of MTV...
We spoke over a year ago about "Jonah Hex." You talked about how the script might be "awful," but you were really excited about it. Did the movie live up to what you were hoping for?
JOSH BROLIN: I wouldn't say it lived up to it. It was something else entirely than what I thought it was. It's kind of a crazy, absurd journey through that movie, in that we were changing a lot of things while we were shooting, and it started to surface as a different movie than we had initially thought it was. Because of the actors we had, I thought we captured some really interesting performances, between Michael Shannon and Michael Fassbender and [John] Malkovich. I said to you before: "It's a horrible movie." It's not a horrible movie, and it was never a horrible movie. It was just something that I wasn't used to. It was a genre I'd never done. I thought it'd be great because we'll do something unique and original if we find [a director] who can help pull it off. And that's exactly what it's done — it's created an original, bizarre take on a supernatural subject. Has the tone changed? Is it more absurdist than it was initially?
BROLIN: I think so. And, if anything, in post [-production], I'd like it to become even more absurdist than it already is. My feeling is, this isn't a straightforward Western. There are supernatural elements to it, and the more campy humor we go for, the better. We're still in the process of solidifying that tone. There's a lot of humor to use in this cut. We've been going, "How much humor do we use? Do we stay with the emotional line of the story? How can we release some of the exposition so we can just rely on the action?" All this kind of sh--. We're in the midst of it, man! This was a hell of a physical role for you.
BROLIN: Most physical I've ever done. It's the toughest movie I've ever done. The stunts and the makeup ... a lot of pain. The prosthetics on the face, they were holding my mouth back. And then putting a mouthpiece in that held my mouth back further. And then painting it and filling in the beard. I was walking around New Orleans with half a beard for three months, which was horrible. F---ing horrible! That combined with being in 100-degree heat, 98 percent humidity, three layers of wool on ... I don't know if I'd do it again. What can you say about Megan Fox's role in the movie? She plays a prostitute.
BROLIN: She was great. There was one cut where I really thought Megan was the best thing in the film. When we did additional shooting, we just incorporated her more in the middle and the end, because she had only done eight days of shooting when we were in New Orleans. I think she did a fantastic job. Jonah Hex stars Josh Brolin, Jon Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Shannon and Michael Fassbender. It is scheduled to open June 18th.
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