Bryan Lee O'Malley over het succes van Scott Pilgrim, de komende film en Scott's gezicht

De comic Scott Pilgrim -- die ik nu zelf ook aan het lezen ben -- is geniaal en dat is niet alleen mijn mening; elf nominaties voor verschillende awards waarvan drie gewonnen is nog best ok als je je het mij vraagt. Naast het feit dat de comic op verschillende belangrijke plekken terecht de hemel in wordt geprezen. Hoe dan ook, het zal je ondertussen niet ontgaan zijn dat er nu ook een film aankomt (16 september, save the date!) van regisseur Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead). Hoog tijd dus voor een interview met creator Bryan Lee O'Malley.

Eerst even over de film;

I have been heavily involved since day one. If I wasn't busy writing and drawing the comic books, I think they would have had me working on the movie full-time. They really like my brain.

De cast is blijkbaar perfect ehh.. gecast;

You know, pretty much everyone was perfectly cast right from the start. The evil exes in particular were mostly no-brainers. I would say that Kieran Culkin as Wallace owned the role from the minute he walked in the room, and he's a major scene stealer. So is Chris Evans as Lucas Lee, who has since become comic-movie-ubiquitous. And I think even if Aubrey Plaza didn't play Julie in the movie, I'd be writing the character as her anyway - she's dead-on and very terrifying.

Weer terug naar de comic. Het laatste deel;

It was definitely the hardest thing I've had to write, mostly because it's a lot easier to drop hints and dangle plot threads than it is to bring everything together. So logistically, in terms of putting all the pieces back in the right order, that was hard. Emotionally, there were only a few moments towards the end where I felt a single tear trickling down my face. The drawing, well, the drawing is always hard.

En nu we het er toch over hebben hebben. O'Malley gelooft niet in prequels. Thank God;

I really, really hate prequels and after-the-fact origin stories. They are the worst thing. Just enjoy the mystery, people. I liked Wolverine back when his past was an ambiguous blur. I did not need to know about the time he got a stylish leather jacket from a farmer who saved his life, or any of that other shit.

Het is dus leuk geweest..;

I'm happy to be able to stop drawing Scott Pilgrim's stupid face. Seriously, those giant eyeballs are a nightmare after a while.

Tot slot, O'Malley over het succes van de franchise;

I'm still in awe and humbled by the whole ride, especially the last year and a half or so. I've done things and met people and had experiences that I never expected as a cartoonist. I was just supposed to draw the little pictures in the boxes and die in obscurity, I thought.

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