A Chat with Kevin Smith on the Set of Daredevil
This has been online awhile already (since April), but if you haven't seen it already, Kevin Smith's interview with IGN is worth a look.
This has been online awhile already (since April), but if you haven't seen it already, Kevin Smith's interview with IGN is worth a look. - Jim
A Chat with Kevin Smith on the Set of Daredevil
April 03, 2002 - Last week, Kevin Smith announced on his official site that he would make a cameo appearance in Daredevil. Well, yesterday, April 2, the writer/actor/director shot his cameo appearance, on location at Crenshaw Hospital in Los Angeles. Kevin plays "Jack Kirby" (note the reference to the legendary Marvel comic creator), a morgue attendant in a scene with reporter Ben Urich (played by Joe Pantoliano).
The following quotes were obtained from a brief on-set interview with Smith:
Q: What is it like to be in a Daredevil movie?
KS: Pretty awesome! It's sort of like playing Daredevil himself – which I'm not in the shape for. It was really generous of [director] Mark [Steven Johnson] to put me in the film.
Q: Who do you play?
KS: I play a forensics assistant who is willing to take some cash to give Urich the inside dope.
Q: What are your thoughts on what you've seen from the film?
KS: When I did a costume fitting, they let me take a peek at the Daredevil costume and it is flat-out phenomenal! It's as close as you can get to the comic book page without looking ridiculous. These guys know what they're doing.
Q: What do you think of Mark Steven Johnson as a director?
KS: Mark is as passionate – if not more so – than anyone can be about making a Daredevil movie. He's done heavy-duty research. He's read all the important Daredevil work, and the not-so-important Daredevil work – like my own – and he's certainly not going to let any Daredevil fans down from what I've seen.
Q: What do you think of Ben Affleck as Daredevil?
KS: As long as Affleck leaves his ham-fisted theatrics – the ones he lends to my pictures – in the trailer, he'll be awesome. He's always been a big fan, long before the film was a twinkle in anyone's mind. Ben has always said that the only movie he would ever put a costume on for would be a Daredevil flick. This is probably a dream come true for him.
Q: What do you think of the rest of the cast?
KS: I think Mark [Steven Johnson] got incredibly lucky to surround himself with a cast so willing to put on funny outfits – in addition to the fact that they're pretty intelligent, believable, strong performers.
Q: What's it like doing your scene with Joe Pantoliano?
KS: I was delighted when I saw his name on the call sheet. I mean, "Guido the Killer Pimp!" [from Risky Business] You can throw a rock and you hit a stellar performance from Joe Pantoliano: Goonies, The Matrix, The Sopranos, The Fugitive. He's incredibly well-cast in this role.
Writer-director Mark Steven Johnson cites Kevin Smith as "the reason [why] I'm back into Daredevil. I'd been a fan of Daredevil my whole life, but at some point I lost interest until Kevin's 'Guardian Angel' storyline came out. Then I got back into it in full force."
Daredevil is set to open on January 17, 2003.
-- Stax/IGN