Interview with Sam Rockwell on his role in Cowboys & Aliens
Rockwell details his character's backstory and his desire to play a superhero.
By toilntrouble - 1/22/2011
Empire spoke to actor Sam Rockwell about his part in this year's upcoming adaption of the graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens, directed by Jon Favreau. Rockwell, who also worked with Favreau on Iron Man 2, talks about his character and a moment of improv that led to a small character arc being introduced.
My wife gets taken by the aliens, and so I go on a journey with the rest of the cowboys to find her, and get involved in the big final battle. I ride a horse too, a pretty smooth one called Fred.
I play the town's barkeep and ex-doctor. There's a scene where I'm in the gang camp and [Daniel Craig's] Jake pulls his gun on everybody. As we were shooting that, I had the impulse to grab the weapon from the guy next to me: 'F*** it, I'm grabbing this gun, man! I need a gun!' And now we've added in scenes before and after to make it into a whole thread for my character.
He also mentions his desire to play a superhero:
I know it'd take some doing to convince some people, but I think I'd be a great one. I've played Batman [in online 2007 short Robin's Big Date] but I've never had superpowers and I'd love to get some.
The guy's a skilled actor, I'd certainly be up for him in a superhero role.
The rest of the interview is in this month's Empire magazine out now.
Cowboys & Aliens is out 29 July 2011.
DISCLAIMER: This article was submitted by a volunteer contributor who has agreed to our
code of conduct. ComicBookMovie.com is protected from liability under "safe harbor" provisions and will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement. For expeditious removal, contact us
HERE.
Think this article is front page worthy? Click on the "thumbs up" to the left! Popular articles will appear on the homepage automatically!