Bruce Boxleitner on His Tron Legacy

Bruce Boxleitner on His Tron Legacy

Bruce Boxleitner chats with Brent Sprecher about the legacy of Tron!

By bsprecher - Jul 24, 2010 01:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Tron



I got a chance to chat with Bruce Boxleitner—who played Alan Bradley and Alan's digital avatar, Tron, in the original Tron movie—at Disney's "Comic-Tron" party last night and he said that he feels very protective of his legacy.

Brent Sprecher: Do you feel any ownership of Tron since your character was Tron, as opposed to Jeff's character, Clu?

Bruce Boxleitner: Extremely so. And I told young Garrett Hedlund when we first started shooting, I said, 'You know, strangely enough, Garrett, this is a story about, sort of, passing the torch on, but I just want you to know that I just feel that'—and I didn't even know it would be 'Tron: Legacy' at the time because we had another title too—'this is kind of my legacy, so don't screw it up. And he laughed and I said, 'No, don't screw it up.' He's a great kid, he's great.

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bsprecher
bsprecher - 7/24/2010, 1:35 PM
Another really nice, cool guy to chat with! We talked about all kinds of things, even Scarecrow and Mrs. King!
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 7/24/2010, 1:45 PM
DUDE YOU ARE THE MAN!!!
bsprecher
bsprecher - 7/24/2010, 1:50 PM
That's an awefully 'friendly' thing to say, Mr. UnfriendlySpidey, but no, I'm not the man, Bruce Boxleitner is the man!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 7/24/2010, 1:52 PM
Brent @ You are da man!!!

Bruce Boxleitner, GR8 actor, great work!
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 7/24/2010, 1:53 PM
lmao touche...well, I have my moments haha I mean that you get these awesome interviews! well done sir! :D
bsprecher
bsprecher - 7/24/2010, 1:59 PM
@grif: Yep, more to come! I've just got too much stuff to sort through, edit, transcribe, etc., plus my other duties...
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 7/24/2010, 2:05 PM
@grif hi! i'm sorta newer to CBM...not so much now, but anyways I notice you always say [frick] the reboot which honestly I can agree with you on a lot of levels, haha but I did an article bout a week or so ago that I'd think you'd appreciate and would like you and Mr. Brent & Teabag to check out when you get a chance and tell me what you think:

What I Want to See From the Spider-Man Reboot

Thanks and I really [frick]in appreciate it! :D
DDD
DDD - 7/24/2010, 2:06 PM
Great guy!

Great work Brent@!

Boxleitner "IS" Tron!!!
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 7/24/2010, 2:38 PM
Awesome! I know you're there, but how'd you get access to these people?
bsprecher
bsprecher - 7/24/2010, 2:39 PM
@DDD: Thanks, dude!

@Intruder: I have no idea what he is doing. I don't think I'm going to the Marvel panel because it's a big clusterf*ck to get in and out of Hall H.

But! I'm going to be interviewing the cast of Thor tonight at 8:45pm, so look for excerpts later tonight!
bsprecher
bsprecher - 7/24/2010, 2:41 PM
@BIGBMH: I was invited by Disney because of my coverage of Tron: Legacy here on CBM.com and on ReelzChannel.com, for which I also write.
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 7/24/2010, 5:58 PM
@Brent EPIC!!! Can't wait to see the Thor interview!!! Major envy!!!!! MAJOR!!!! :D I am geeking out soooooo bad right now!!!!! haha
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 7/26/2010, 7:56 AM
@Brent, that's awesome! Congratulations! You deserve it!
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