There's no point in swanning through and being cool as a breeze in every scene. It's not really that interesting. Even if you're a superhero.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't really think that very much is interesting about the superhero as an archetype.
I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.
I think it's very admirable, in a superhero movie, to be able to take a few risks.
Being a superhero is a lot of fun.
'Black Swan' does what Hollywood movies have always done - it spends its energies on getting some surface things right while getting everything important wrong. Darren Aronofsky, the director, applies the same techniques and the same sensibility here as he did with 'The Wrestler,' only with a prettier protagonist.
I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.
It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others.
I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.