by Emmy Burns
Recently, Bettie crashed the Waldorf-Astoria press conference for Frank Miller's new film The Spirit and cornered Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, and the movie's star, Gabriel Macht to get their answers on everything important. You know, like makeup!
Scarlett, have you ever had a boss as frustrating as The Octopus?
Scarlett Johansson: Well, I’ve never done anything other than be an actress. I’m afraid if I do answer that question I’ll be you know, blacklisted —
Samuel L. Jackson: That’s right, because they will go through your resume to see who you’re talking about!
Gabe, The Spirit has a bit of an identity crisis when it comes to figuring out what he is. How did you tap into that?
Gabriel Macht: He’s a young cop who’s killed in the line of duty and got brought back to life eight hours later. He wanders the streets to figure out who he is because he could do things that other cops can’t. He doesn’t know why he’s like that. I think the real essence of who he is, is this man who has innate goodness and wants to return that goodness to the city. So when he hears the city screaming, he wants to squash the evil that exists and bring humanity back.
Jackson: When you see the “making-of” DVD of this particular movie there’s a segment when they’re interviewing Gabriel in his trailer...his walls are papered with The Spirit. I mean, everywhere...not just photos of himself! The comics, Frank’s drawings...drawings he made of himself! His trailer was covered with Spirit paraphernalia! He was dealing with his identity crisis...all the time!
Frank Miller: And he slept with the mask on! It was really sad!
Goodness! Well, beyond the over-the-top method acting...we thought some of the costumes and makeup choices were really unusual.
Miller: I worked hard on Gabe’s costume because at first it looked really foolish until we spruced him up with the black outfit and everything.
Jackson: Scarlett and I shared a make-up trailer. I’d look at her like, man, there’s some beautiful eyeshadow colors going on...I should try some of that! So I got my makeup artist to start experimenting with eyeshadow. I would put it on and run to Frank and he’d go, I love it! So from that point on it was just a matter of me doing as much as I could to myself.
Eva Mendes: The fun part for me was definitely putting on the glamor. The core of this woman was pain of not having anything be stable in her life. A diamond is actually a "rock" and rocks symbolize stability. Once I found that foundation, it made me realize where she was coming from. So I could go as ridiculous as I wanted to be in hairstyle or action or wardrobe, as long as I was rooted in this need to fill that void. The film takes place in one of my favorite periods — when women were broads and weren’t afraid to speak their minds.
Sarah Paulson: The thing I liked about the part was there wasn't a single woman in this movie who was a damsel in distress. There wasn’t a single woman in this movie who wasn’t a strong woman.
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