Genre: Movies > Thriller

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays The Comedian in Watchmen, talks about his role in the film and says, "He's (The Comedian) a vigilante. He's a hero without morals. He has fought in all these wars and he's doing things for the right reason. But the steps he takes are insane."

Talking about Dave Gibbons, who did the original artwork on the comic Watchmen 20 years ago, and came to the sets to watch the shooting of the film, Morgan says, "It was like your dad coming on the sets and approving of what was going on. We were all nervous about what he would think of it since he drew every frame of this thing. It was amazing to watch his eyes light up and his jaw go slack. He was like a proud father. I don't think there could have been a cooler reaction than the one he had."

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Movie Story

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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