Patrick Wilson On Why Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ Was “Ahead Of The Curve” & How It Paved The Way For ‘The Avengers’ Films
deadline.comPatrick Wilson is looking back at Watchmen and praising director Zack Snyder for being “ahead of the curve,” which he says ultimately led the way for films like The Avengers. “Watchmen is the only movie of mine that I have watched front to back since a premiere — that movie is awesome,” Wilson said in an interview with ReelBlend.
Wilson joked that he wanted to share the film with his son “to fast forward through the scene with Malin Akerman in the ship.” “I just wanted to look at it as an older guy, as a filmmaker.
I knew Zack was ahead of the curve,” he added. “It’s weird to say that audiences weren’t ready for it. But you need a movie like that.
You need movies to go so dark that then Avengers can go so light. I do believe in that.” Wilson says that he would “love to do that movie now” and would “be so awesome” to get back into the Watchmen world.Patrick Wilson on the #ZackSnyder classic WATCHMEN.
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