Movie Trailers - Movies Blog "Let me clarify this, because this is a very thin line I'm walking here by letting you say that I have comic book credibility or nerd credibility," the actress told MTV News. "Because that world is an elitist world — the comic book world. And I don't have the extensive rolodex that most of them have. I'm saying that aloud." "I grew up loving mainstream comics like 'X-Men,' 'Gen 13,' 'Witchblade' and things like that. I have some knowledge, but I'm not a hardcore nerd. Unfortunately, I would like to be, but I just don't have the knowledge." "Because I do make appearances at Comic-Con and I don't want to get stoned there," Fox added. "So, I'm telling them the truth." As for her role in the upcoming movie adaptation of Jonah Hex, the actress revealed that although she's not all that familiar with the source material, her faith in the movies director gave her the added confidence she needed, "I geek out on certain things like 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But this comic, I was not aware of. I had never read 'Jonah Hex' before and we read it obviously in the process of making the movie. Because that's always a good thing to do" "But I know Jimmy Hayward the director is a hardcore fan and it was really important for him to keep Jonah like he was in the comic. He wanted to be true to the comic and he had all of these ideas of how he saw Jonah when he was growing up as a kid reading the comic. I put my trust in Jimmy because he knew everything about it. I think he tried his absolute hardest to stay true to it. But at the same time, you're making a live-action film out of a comic book and you have to adapt it. You have to change some things."
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