Paul Fischer
As you may have noticed, Frank Miller’s “The Spirit” came and went quicker than a sex-starved jock. Most critics blasted the film, throwing around such words as ‘Boring’, ‘Dull’, ‘Messy’ and ‘Laughable’, whilst audiences just… well, stayed away.
Jaime King, one of the stars of the film, tells Moviehole she thinks the film suffered at the box office because people were expecting something a little bigger, or darker, like “The Dark Knight”.
”People didn’t really love the film”, King says, continuing “But I think that people were expecting something different than what it was. People see The Dark Knight and see Iron Man, which are awesome films, but then they think all comic book movies are going to be like that. And this is more like a comic strip movie. Do you know what I mean? It was quirky and out there. And I don’t think people were ready for that.”
Speaking of frustrating experiences, King also commented on the terribly tardy “Fanboys”, which she not only appears in, but her husband (Kyle Newman) directed.
”That’s been one of the most tumultuous, upsetting experiences I’ve had with the studio. You know. In one way, I love the Weinsteins. Because of them, I met my husband. You know, it was Harvey that asked me to go down and do Fanboys. And I really have a great relationship with them. But then when I see the way they treat Kyle and they treat filmmakers is absolutely absurd to me. You know, it seems like – but, you know what? The reason why it’s been such a great exactly, also, is because I’ve realized that because of the fans, we can take the movie – literally, it was because of the fans and because of the Web sites that they created and fought for the movie, that Kyle got his movie back. And so it’s showing to me that it’s a different day and age. And that this old school mentality, this Mafia mentality, isn’t going to work with people any more. The power of the Internet, the power of communication, and the power of the youth is so strong that I hope that kids continually choose to embrace and make a stand for what they believe in. And my husband is the ultimate fan. This is a love letter to everything that he’s loved since he was a child. He worked his ass off on this movie. He got paid barely anything to do it, but he did it because he loved it.”
To hear what King has to say about returning as Goldie and Wendy for “Sin City 2” click here.
