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26Sep2008

Patrick Wilson Gets Physical for 'Watchmen'

DateFriday, September 26, 2008 at 11:49PM
To prepare for the role of Nite Owl in next year's Watchmen, Patrick Wilson started doing his research before he met with director Zack Snyder. "I did all my homework and became a huge fan of the comic," Wilson told MTV.

"My buddy always fills me in on what this means to the comic world. I knew before I even met with Zack that I was walking on hallowed ground."

I like what Wilson zeroed in on in his portrayal of Nite Owl, specifically, the character's less-than-chiseled physique. "His physicality I was always completely conscious of," said Wilson. "The drawing of him looking so sad and very dumpy with slumping shoulders...that’s very informative to me. When the guy takes his shirt off that’s not a fat dude. That’s a big dude who maybe got soft but he’s not just a big tub."

"It’s funny some people have a different interpretation of that," adds the actor. "And I keyed into Alan Moore likening him to a soldier coming back from a war and feeling lost, not knowing his place in society. I was like, that I can dig into."

Sounds like he took it all pretty seriously. You can check out Wilson in theaters now co-starring in Lakeview Terrace; Watchmen (we hope) will be released on March 6th.

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