Speaking
to SHH, actor Matt Ryan revealed some interesting things about the upcoming Constantine
that will make Hellblazer fans happy. Check it out.
SuperHeroHype: A lot has been made about how little John Constantine
can smoke on the show. Do you care one way or another if you get to smoke? Is
that a big deal to you?
Matt Ryan: For me, he’s a smoker. John Constantine is a smoker.
There’s no question about it. I think in the original description of the
character, it’s the third thing that’s mentioned. So yeah, he’s a smoker. He
has to be a smoker, without question. We can’t make him not a smoker. It’s just
that we’re not going to dwell on it too much. There’s only so much we can show
but yeah, we’ll have him putting out cigarettes, doing a lot of other stuff
like that. It’s still an essential part of the character. It’s got to be in
there. For me, it’s got to be in there.
…
SHH: If they can’t do the lung cancer story, maybe John can
get liver disease instead.
Ryan: That’s interesting. That’s interesting. You should be
in the writer’s room.
SHH: Is it tough to find out that Lucy Griffiths won’t be a
part of the show since you built this dynamic with her in the pilot?
Ryan: Yeah, Lucy’s great, but I’ve known Lucy for years. I
worked with her before on a TV show called “Collision” in the U.K. She’s a
wonderful actress and she’s fantastic. She did a great job in the pilot. I can
see where the guys have gone in terms of the character of Liv is someone who’s
more susceptible to John’s manipulations, so maybe then it’s not as hard for
John to manipulate her. I think the character of Zed is someone who can maybe
take John up on his sh*t a little bit more, be a little bit more in his face. I
can see where they’ve gone creatively with that but obviously, I love Lucy and
it’ll be a shame not to work with her.
…
SHH: How would you describe the chemistry you have with her
and the chemistry John might have with Zed?
Ryan: I think she’s feisty. I think she’ll get a lot more in
John’s face and challenge John a little bit more. I think John’s the type of
person that feels he can easily manipulate anyone. When there’s someone who
comes along who can take him up on his sh*t, he kind of likes that. There’s the
possibility of a sexual chemistry there as well. He likes this person because
she can give it back to him. I think that makes an interesting dynamic for the
show and the episodes that they’re not always going to agree with each other.
She’s not just going to follow him around. She’s a leader as well.
…
SHH: How would you describe the chemistry you have with her and the chemistry John might have with Zed?
Ryan: I think she’s feisty. I think she’ll get a lot more in
John’s face and challenge John a little bit more. I think John’s the type of
person that feels he can easily manipulate anyone. When there’s someone who
comes along who can take him up on his sh*t, he kind of likes that. There’s the
possibility of a sexual chemistry there as well. He likes this person because
she can give it back to him. I think that makes an interesting dynamic for the
show and the episodes that they’re not always going to agree with each other.
She’s not just going to follow him around. She’s a leader as well.
…
SHH: Did you recognize Doctor Fate’s helmet when it was on
set?
Ryan: I didn’t, no, to be honest. All I saw was, I was like,
“Wow, man. Look at all these Easter eggs and trinkets.” When I saw that set, I
was blown away and I just spent 20 minutes walking on the set, looking at all
the little trinkets and things that they have. They really went to town. There
are so many little subtle Easter eggs and things in there, but at the time I’d
got the job and we had two-and-a-half weeks before we started shooting the
pilot. So I’d only had two and a half weeks to read as many comics as possible
and then prep as well. I hadn’t really read that many so I wasn’t really as up
to speed as I would like to have been.
SHH: Do you remember which issues or series you did read?
Ryan: I jumped all around the place, because they sent me a
bunch of stuff that was going to be relevant to what we were doing, so I jumped
around the place and what I’ve done now is I’ve gone back and started to make
my way forward again. There’s still so much to get through.
…
SHH: Producer Rockne S. O’Bannon said he’s interested in
working the “Hunger Demon” story into the first season. Are
you familiar with that?
Ryan: Oh yeah, yes.
SHH: Would you be excited to do that story?
Ryan: I would, yeah. It’s great. It’s an interesting one. I
think that John’s manipulation of Lester and the way all that works out, and
you see again one of John’s friends dying around him. I think that shows a part
of John which we haven’t seen yet and a part of him that’s willing to
sacrifice. There’s loads of great things about that. If you just look at it in
terms of a special effect, how it would look, you could do lots of interesting
things with that. So it’d be interesting if we do go down that road, how we
adapt it.
…
SHH: Would you like John to get back to London?
Ryan: I’d like him to go back to London at some point, yeah.
So many of them are set in London, aren’t they? And all of his London friends,
the Newcastle stuff. There’s so much of it that would be great to explore.
SHH: Are you excited or nervous to see the reaction at Comic-Con?
Ryan: I’m excited, man. Having become a fan of the comics
now, I think we’ve got something that’s pretty good and I think that hopefully
the fans will like it. Hopefully we can do the comics justice and hopefully we
can do the fans justice.
Constantine premieres on October
24th, and be sure to check out the show's panel at this year's SDCC.
Source - SHH
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