Stars talk about new Hollywood action flick "John Carter"
- 12 years ago
STORY: New Hollywood heart-throb Taylor Kitsch was physically exhausted during his role in action movie "John Carter." The 30-year-old star, his cast-mates and director Andrew Stanton premiered the film in London on Monday (March 1).
Kitsch said production was gruelling.
"I mean you're in arguably every scene of the film. You shoot 106 out of 106 days so - it wears on you. Six day weeks when you're working 15 hours a day, it chips away, but it's worth it."
The Disney movie is based on classic novel, "A Princess of Mars," by Edgar Rice Burroughs (writer of the "Tarzan" series) and centres on ex-military captain John Carter, who finds a mysterious portal from Earth to Mars and becomes embroiled in a civil war that threatens to destroy the red planet.
The sci-fi flick is Oscar-winning director and writer Andrew Stanton's directorial debut into live action. He said the live scenes were like nothing he'd experienced before in his largely studio-based films.
"It was like night and day. I feel like a person who has only had an office job and has never been camping in their life. I mean I was outdoors for so many days in the desert you just kind of had to learn to endure. But that was part of the thrill. I didn't realise I was an outdoorsy person and I realise I am."
Stanton said he was a fan of the books as a child and had been waiting 35 years to make "John Carter".
He won Best Animated Feature Oscars for "Wall-E" in 2008 and "Finding Nemo" in 2003, and has written screenplays for the "Toy Story" series, "Monster's Inc." and "A Bug's Life."
Kitsch said production was gruelling.
"I mean you're in arguably every scene of the film. You shoot 106 out of 106 days so - it wears on you. Six day weeks when you're working 15 hours a day, it chips away, but it's worth it."
The Disney movie is based on classic novel, "A Princess of Mars," by Edgar Rice Burroughs (writer of the "Tarzan" series) and centres on ex-military captain John Carter, who finds a mysterious portal from Earth to Mars and becomes embroiled in a civil war that threatens to destroy the red planet.
The sci-fi flick is Oscar-winning director and writer Andrew Stanton's directorial debut into live action. He said the live scenes were like nothing he'd experienced before in his largely studio-based films.
"It was like night and day. I feel like a person who has only had an office job and has never been camping in their life. I mean I was outdoors for so many days in the desert you just kind of had to learn to endure. But that was part of the thrill. I didn't realise I was an outdoorsy person and I realise I am."
Stanton said he was a fan of the books as a child and had been waiting 35 years to make "John Carter".
He won Best Animated Feature Oscars for "Wall-E" in 2008 and "Finding Nemo" in 2003, and has written screenplays for the "Toy Story" series, "Monster's Inc." and "A Bug's Life."