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Brandon Routh plays opposite Justin Long in Kevin Smith's ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. Their scenes are extremely raunchy (I wouldn't suggest watching this with your mother) but also extremely funny.
{sidebar id=1}As Long's boyfriend, Routh is a gay porn actor who is also a high school friend to Miri. Who better to go to when needing porno advice?
The film opens in Friday and the IESB had a chance to speak exclusively with Brandon this week.
He told us how hard it was to keep a straight face when Long would improv in the middle of a scene. Also, he tells us that Dylan Dog is ready to start shooting in mid-January of '09 with Kevin Munroe, plus how does he feel about a darker Superman film this time around?
Check out IESB's exclusive interview with Brandon Routh below!
IESB: Zack and Miri was hilarious, I wasn't expecting to see you play that role it was so funny.
Brandon Routh: Awesome, thanks.
IESB: Who called who, I am assuming you are a fan of Kevin Smith's work?
BR: Definitely a fan of his work, they actually called me, I was surprised I got a call from my rep saying, "hey they want you to do a role in a Kevin Smith movie." I was like wow okay!
IESB: Justin Long was hilarious, it must have been hard to keep a straight face with some of this dialogue.
BR: It was, especially because some of it was improv too so I didn't know what he was going to come up with next. But that the fun of it, that gives it an exciting energy when you don't know what you are going to get. I probably ruined a lot of shots laughing but that happens.
IESB: After Superman, you've done several different types of roles, are you looking to do comedy again?
BR: Yeah, totally, it's my first real comedy, although I always felt Clark [Kent] to be a really funny guy and a comedic character to play. But, a few months after Zack and Miri I did a romantic comedy called Table for Three which I star in which is out in March with Sophia Bush and Jesse Bradford and Jennifer Morrison which I am really excited about. A couple other ones I did are some smaller films that aren't out yet that are somewhat comedic so it's something that I love and want to do more of.
IESB: Talking about one Kevin, Kevin Smith, let's talk about another Kevin, Kevin Munroe. I love him, we've been talking about Dylan Dog for a while, what's going on?
BR: Well, I think we are actually going to make it now (laughing). I've never said that before, but I will now, all the paperwork is being finalized finally and we are looking really strong for a January, mid-January start I believe, in New Orleans. And, Kevin and I are looking at the script again and he's got his draft and I am excited about it.
IESB: Good, so is it still called Dead of Night or is it Dylan Dog?
BR: Dead of Night is the title, as far as I know, there hasn't been a change in that.
Until they decide to change it next week or something (laughs).
IESB: I was kind of surprised at the role you are playing, the dialogue and everything, just because we figured DC might have or WB might have some kind of clause because of Superman.
BR: No, not that I ever signed. And as far as that is concerned I am on my own as to what I want to do, I haven't heard hide nor hair from them about any of the roles that I do. I confer with them on my schedule because they have a contractual obligation to my time for a certain amount of time until that contract expires at which time I have to say hey I'm going to be unavailable during this time, do you want to exercise your right to use me in another Warner Bros. film. But, that's all the power they have over me right now.
IESB: I know Paul Levitz from DC said recently that he still has hopes that even if there is some kind of mild reboot or the sequel to RETURNS they definitely want you back. Has there been any recent conversations with the DC or Bryan [Singer] or anybody?
BR: Well, the most recent conversation I had was with Paul when I was in New York and we talked about what they are Warner Bros. were thinking and what the situation was and obviously, thankfully, he is still wanting me to be a part of it and I certainly want to be a part of it.
IESB: That's what he said that they are looking forward to bringing you back and we know Bryan has signed on to do it, I don't think that gets enough mention in the press that Bryan has signed on to do the sequel. Have they given you a time frame at all of maybe when?
BR: No, I don't have a time frame. I haven't really heard the studio's stance, I've just heard what's in the media and that every time I see somebody from Warner Bros. they tell me that they are working on it and are going to figure it out soon. But that's about the answer I get.
IESB: As an artist do you prefer smaller films or the bigger films?
BR: I don't typically like one over the other, certain times call for different movies and there are certain things you can do in small movies that you can't do in big movies. You also have an opportunity to do things you haven't done before. Even in this film I starting in November with Samuel L. Jackson and K Moss and Michael Sheen, it's an independent film but it's got these great actors who are aboard and it's a great script and a great director, and we are going to make a really cool film I think.
IESB: What character are you playing in that film?
BR: I am a special agent, I am an FBI agent who is on the case with Carrie Anne Moss who is the lead agent, and we are working counter-terrorism with her and we happen to actually be covering Michael Sheen's character who is the suspected domestic terrorist. So we are called in to be the experts on him, to find these bombs that have been supposedly placed throughout the United States.
IESB: Very interesting, and how long are you going to be on the set of that film?
BR: A couple weeks.
IESB: You've also done some television stuff, like Fear Itself, you produced, do you like the producing angle a bit more? Are we going to see Brandon Routh directing something anytime soon?
BR: I can't put a time line on it but it's certainly something I am interested in. The producing end is great because it's creating your own content and having a say in how things are done. I've worked with Kevin Munroe quite a bit on the script, not writing myself, but ideas and story and how do we fix the story and how do we make it better. And who's good for this role and who's good for that role and creatively it's been great to have that input and work closely with the director and understand his vision and he understands mine and we have a really good rapport. And so, eventually I will find material that I want to develop and create and it's an exciting part of it. It's not just acting in a movie in the whole creation of a movie that is exciting. So, yeah, I've had thoughts of directing one day. We'll see where that goes. I've got a lot to learn about how that all works, being in front of the camera as an actor is part of the learning process and behind as a producer will be a part of that process.
IESB: How about creating comic book properties have you dabbled in that?
BR: I haven't yet, but Kevin and I worked so closely that we might see if we can't create something ourselves. I don't know if it would be a comic book but something along that line, something sci-fi/fantasy/comic type situation. I am a big fantasy guy, I like the Medieval stuff, World of Warcraft and that stuff, so my interest generally lay in that realm but I like sci-fi a lot too so...
IESB: I am assuming you saw The Dark Knight like the rest of the world.
BR: Yeah.
IESB: I am assuming you enjoyed it?
BR: I did, I did, on many levels, it was really amazing. I thought the movie as a whole was a great ride and I watched the behind the scenes of the first one about the fighting style, so I was really paying attention when I watched this one, I wanted to see more fighting because I really saw how strong and powerful the moves are. It was pretty impressive.
IESB: A lot of people don't think Superman can be that dark, or that you could make such a dark Superman film.
BR: I don't know, I don't think the character necessarily has to be darker, I think he is kind of dark in a sense, emotional dark, in Superman Returns, and the movie as a whole was slightly dark, they could have had more prowess in it I suppose, and I think that's one thing that can be done in the sequel, so I don't know how much darker you want to make it necessarily. You make the stakes higher, you make the villain darker, I think that's a way to do it. But I don't think Superman himself needs to be darker. He definitely has to struggle, how does Superman be a part of the world? And does he have to make sacrifices to be a part of that world? To fit in and what purpose does he really play in the world? Those are all kind of dark places to explore. But, I don't think Superman should ever be dark and brooding, that's not is nature. And that's now what people what to see. Like Brainiac or something like that, a situation when the villain is...
IESB: Would that be a good, if you had a choice is that the villain you'd like to see in the next Superman?
BR: I think it would certainly be interesting, I think there are a lot of things you could do with Brainiac. He's been given a lot of power and a lot of different abilities over the years in the comics, as far as I understand. I know that DC is working on a Brainiac storyline that they are excited about and I think combining the two and have that flow between the comics and the movie would be a nice thing. I honestly think there are a lot of interesting things you can do with Brainiac. Controlling people, controlling technology, a lot of cool things.
ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO opens in theaters October 31!
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