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Elizabeth Olsen Confirmed To Star In 'Godzilla'
Everyone knows a Godzilla movie can't just star the towering lizard and his equally gargantuan monster foe. You have to have some human components on which he narrowly avoids stomping. Recently rumors have been swirling that Aaron Johnson ('Kick-Ass') and Bryan Cranston ('Breaking Bad') were in the running for roles in Gareth Edwards' 'Godzilla,' but we still don't know for certain that either of those two gentlemen will be appearing in the Legendary Pictures reboot. However, we have confirmation from a certain actress that her own supposed involvement is indeed factual. Elizabeth Olsen ('Silent House') was interviewed on the red carpet of the 2013 BAFTA's, and not only revealed that she was indeed in the movie, but gave us some insight as to the tone of the movie.
"It's definitely not lighthearted. It's kind of going back to its roots of the original Japanese film."
If you had told me even two years ago that the third Olsen sister would be a movie star, I would've laughed. If you had told me the same thing after I saw 'Silent House,' I would've laughed even harder. However, after seeing her in films like 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' and 'Liberal Arts,' it was clear she had tremendous talent as a performer. Sure, it's still an odd choice for the female lead in a massive blockbuster like Legendary's 'Godzilla' reboot. But as I've said before, the biggest problem with Roland Emmerich's 'Godzilla,' as well as the 'Transformers' movies, is that the human element was so weak and disposable. Casting actors who have proven themselves in smaller dramatic roles is a great way to ensure that we will care as much about the little people running around Godzilla's feet as we do the titular monster himself. The darker tone will also aid in avoiding the unmitigated silliness that plagued the 1998 film. Of course, that's assuming Frank Darabont's draft of the script does what it needs to in order to flesh out that human element. However, if there is one guy I trust with developing human stories against a supernatural disaster backdrop...it's Frank Darabont.
What do you guys think? Is Olsen a good choice here? Are you surprised that the reboot will carry a darker tone?
Source: Absolute Radio
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Comment by Rellz on February 18, 2013 at 8:53pm -
is it just me or does she look better than her sisters?
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Comment by CBright7831 on February 14, 2013 at 12:13am
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@ adam
Yeah, I forgot about Godzilla 85/Return of Godzilla and I really don't know why considering that was the first Godzilla movie that I ever saw. I think that the scene that always sticks out in my mind about Godzilla vs. Hedorah is that poor cat covered in Hedorah goo. I hate seeing animals get hurt so whenever I think of that movie, I think of that scene. That movie did have a mixture of comedy, horror, and zany 70's revolution.
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Comment by adam on February 13, 2013 at 6:08pm -
@Cbright7831
You're absolutly right, how ever G vs H was more weird than dark. though it had its creepy moments, with body's melting into bones from hedora's gas, Hedora's creepy laugh, the way it move like a ghost and left a trail of dead bodies, the way it puffed on the smoke stacks like it was getting high ( really that scene was like he was toking up) the thing that keeps it from being a comepletely dark film is the silly 1970s music, the godzilla theme was silly as hell, the animated segments and the scene where Godzilla used his radioactive ray to allow him to fly backwards(arguably the weirdest scene in the movie)
GMK was dark at points, but the action and supernatural elements made it into a fantasy epic of a film. Terror of Mechagodzilla was awsome, but the dubbing in that one was at its worst and Titanosaurs was irritating.
In terms of the darkest of the modern series would be Return of Godzilla (also known as Godzilla Reborn, Godzilla 1985). Here we see Godzilla truly as a force of destruction, but at near the end we sympathies with him as he pluments into a volcano as Steve Martin (once again played by Raymond Burr) gives the speech about how Godzilla is a reminder and a warning about man kind's carelessness and how small we truly are.
I just hope this film knows how to capture that spirit.
Peace.
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Comment by Jon on February 13, 2013 at 12:16pm -
I love this woman
so even if the movie is shitty I will still watch it just for her
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@ Richard Evans "The main thing i'm worried about is that there was never a dark tone. The ony movie that i can think is Godzilla vs the Destroyer."
You must have never seen the original Gojira. People incenerated, the lone survivor of Godzilla's first attack seemingly getting stalked by the creature and getting killed later during a typhoon, a dead mother (who we saw earlier comforting her two children as Godzilla heads toward them) dying as her child (only one - the other may be dead) watches, the haunting song sung by the children's chior, and the main hero commits suicide. And that's just a few examples from that movie. The edited American version kept a lot of these scenes in it and retains a grim tone. There are other Godzilla movies with dark tones such as Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Terror of Mechagodzilla, and GMK.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on February 13, 2013 at 3:38am -
OdO, I disa-fucking-gree for reason stated below.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on February 13, 2013 at 3:34am
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No she's not @Hudson, her eyes shape and position freak me out and remind me of a gray alien
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Comment by GodDamnRobots on February 12, 2013 at 10:26pm -
Next up: John Hawkes confirmed to play the title character Godzilla
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Comment by HudsonsirhesHicks on February 12, 2013 at 10:17pm -
She's certainly a lot hotter than her twin sisters.
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Comment by Tony☆22 on February 12, 2013 at 10:02pm -
God she's hot...
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