Genre: Movies > Thriller

 

Billy Crudup, who plays the role of the superhero Dr Manhattan aka Dr John Osterman, says his role is that of a male in his fifties.

"Essentially, he is a kind of archetypical 50's male who believes in the goodness of his country, who believes in the virtue of following the designs of the leaders. So he tries to use his analytical talents to help his government," says Crudup describing Dr Manhattan.

Talking about the first time he met director Jack Snyder, Crudup says, "When I first met Jack, I thought I was doing a different character. He spoke so quickly and with so much energy that over the course of an hour or so, I didn't get a chance to ask him about it. I actually called him up later and said, ‘I'm sorry, I'm confused, but which role do you want me to play?'"

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Watchmen rolls back the years to 1985, where an alternate America is attuned to superheroes saving the day, and the tension between USA and the Soviet Union still threatens to destroy the world.

When masked vigilante Rorschach's former colleague is murdered, he reconnects with his former crime-fighting team of superheroes, and uncovers a disturbing conspiracy which threatens to bring forth a catastrophic future.  

Based on the well known graphic novel, Watchmen is directed by Zack Snyder (of 300 fame). The cast playing the superheroes includes such names as Malin Akerman as Laurie Juspeczyk, Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman, Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt, Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake and Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg.

 

Incidentally, Watchmen was originally published by DC comics as a 12-comic book series between 1986 and 1987, before subsequently being collected into a trade paperback. It is the only graphic novel to win the prestigious Hugo Award and to be named among Time magazine's 100 Best English Language Novels from 1923.

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