In the comments for the turtle trick, WWdN reader New Mutant said:
You did an interview on FanBoy Radio a few weeks back. Those guys interviewed Zack Snyder this Sunday. I posted a question which they read to him. So he was asked about having you as Nite-Owl. He said that was the kind of thinking he was going for, as opposed to Matt Damon as so-and-so.
(You can listen to my interview with FanBoy Radio here.)
So Watchmen, like Heroes, is one of the very few projects in the world that excite me enough to do the monkeydance. Though I'm not one to get my hopes up about this sort of thing, and I understand that the odds of someone like me (in other words, me) getting a major role in a major movie like this, especially because it's pretty much the film I've dreamed of being in since I was 14, are eleventy billion to one.
But people who are smarter than me told Zack Snyder that 300 was unfilmable and . . . well, we know how that turned out.
Sean Astin once told me that he got Rudy and Lord of the Rings by sheer force of will. He wanted those parts so badly, he did whatever it took -- including filming himself in costume, character, and on location -- to convince the respective directors that he was worthy of the role. I've thought about that over the years, on those rare occasions where I love a project enough to consider filming myself in costume, character, and on location to prove to the director that I'm worthy.
To that end, and at the risk of sounding like a complete douche, I believe I have what it takes to play Night Owl: I'm certainly past the prime of my once-promising career, I'm smarter than I am tough, I frequently fly around in an owl-shaped craft called Archie, and I was once partnered with Rorschach in my efforts to fight crime.
Whether I get a shot at this part or not (and let's stay realistic here, folks,) I sincerely hope that Zack Snyder is serious about casting lesser-known actors to be the Watchmen. Nothing could be worse for that movie than actors whose personalities overwhelm their roles.
