Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths had its premier event at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles last week, February 18th. MovieWeb got the opportunity to speak to many of the principals as they hit the red carpet. Here are some of the excerpts:
First up, Andrea Romano (Dialogue Director), was asked about the chemistry between actors and having to wait to see how it comes together.
Andrea Romano:
"Absolutely. There is kind of a thrill and a scare to that. It's riding a roller-coaster, Am I going to puke or am I going to laugh all the way?' You never know. This worked out so perfectly. It was such a beautiful cast. I was so lucky with this. I mean, Chris Noth, Mark Harmon, Gina Torres, James Woods - I got to direct these people. It's remarkable. My life is blessed."
"...when we recorded James Woods as Owlman, his performance was very low-key. You can play a villain big and broad, and that's very easy to do, but he played this one very close to the vest. I thought, 'Hmm, I hope that works with Gina," and when she came in, it absolutely worked. It's not until much later when you hear it all cut together that you go, 'My God, that did work!' You never know. You take a chance. Why be safe all the time?"
Dwayne McDuffie (Writer):
"I was a writer-producer on the Justice League animated series. We were planning a sequel series and the plan was to do a movie that would bridge the old series and the new series. I wrote it about five years ago and we didn't have the staff to do the TV series and the movie at the same time, so we kind of put it on the shelf. Executive producer Bruce Timm never gave up on it, kept trying to get it going and gave me a call a couple of years ago and said, 'Hey, we can do this movie if we could rewrite it so it's based on the comics instead of the TV continuity," and I jumped at it. That's pretty much it.
MovieWeb also spoke with the Co-Directors of the film
Lauren Montgomery:
"I hope they react well, because it's one of the best ones we've done, I feel. I feel that we've remained true to the characters, the action is amazing and it looks great. I mean, you can never please everyone, but I think that the majority will like it."
Sam Liu:
"It's a really complex thing, animation. There are so many parts to it that can make it or break it and obviously the voices are a huge, huge thing. It breathes life into the characters. A dull line could kill a scene, but a line that is genuinely funny or genuinely sincere can make a scene. That's the best thing about it and there was a lot of that in this movie. You read it and you say, 'OK, I see kind of how that works," but once you hear it, it's like, 'Oh, that sold it."
Josh Keaton was asked about his take on playing The Flash:
Josh Keaton:
"Honestly, he's kind of, at least in attitude, he's kind of like an extreme Spider-Man. Spider-Man is very glib and Spider-Man gets under his rogue's skins with some of the stuff he says. Flash pretty much says what everybody else is thinking and doesn't have the best timing, depending on how you look at it. From a comedic standpoint, his timing is impeccable. From an appropriateness standpoint, it's probably not the best, and I honestly love that, probably because in a sense, I am that guy. I don't necessarily think about what I'm going to say before I say it and sometimes it just comes out."
Are you saying The Flash wasn't much of a stretch for you then?
Josh Keaton:
"It really was not, no." (Laughs)
Vanessa Marshall (voice of Wonder Woman):
"I have my own writing that I'm working on, but in terms of voiceovers, I'm involved with The Avengers, which won't come out for some time, which is a bit frustrating, but I'm grateful to be a part of that as well. I just finished working on the next Metal Gear Solid game, the next version of that. I play Doctor Strangelove, a fascinating lesbian. When I showed up, they said, 'Oh, by the way, she has an English accent.' It's like, 'OK, well we're halfway through the script,' so we went back and redid the whole thing with an English accent. Just a little minor detail."
Hit the link to see the full interviews including Gina Torres (voice of Super Woman)