Mark Millar did a short interview over at Empire Online in regards to both the upcoming feature film adaptations of Nemesis (not even finished yet, with the third and fourth issues delayed to supposedly the end of the month) and Kick-Ass 2 (not even out yet, but already delayed beyond it’s initial launch to the end of October). During this interview, he said what is quite possibly the worst thing he could ever say in an interview considering certain facts:
My idea for Red Mist was to introduce a supervillian that made Heath Ledger’s Joker look like Cesar Romero’s Joker. He’s basically Charles Manson as a supervillian.
Really, Millar? As if changing the character’s name from the Red Mist to the Motherfucker wasn’t bad enough, now he’s trying to suggest that Heath Ledger (admittedly not the greatest actor of all time, but still a fantastic and Academy Award Winning performance for the Dark Knight) is going to be out performed by McLovin’? Of course, the name McLovin’ ties into it as well.
Chris said to me he hates the fact that people always call him McLovin’. So my aim was to give him a new name for people to call him. And the villain calls himself The Motherfucker. Chris is The Motherfucker, the worst of all supervillians.
A PR stunt is obviously a PR stunt. Millar is all about talking big, even if he can’t deliver. That is theoretically part of Millar’s “charm”, as I see it. For the most part, I honestly see Mark Millar as the comedian of comic books at this point, even if he isn’t trying to be funny. However, trying to sell me on Christopher Mintz-Plasse being able to out creep Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker, especially when he talks like this and has essentially a David Bowie reject costume? I just don’t see it happening.
