One more aspect to touch on, via hundreds of comments on the Internet, is a certain shot in which fans claimed that they could see a wire pulling an actor into the air Favreau said that was no accident. "Everybody's got kind of a rough edge," Favreau added. "He was always this bastard with a big heart that's the archetype I like for him. "When Harrison comes into the movie, how do you separate him from everything he's done? How do you present him in a way that I, as a fan, would want to see him?" Favreau said of the challenge in having Ford portray a seemingly villainous character.
Favreau explained that he wants fans to see another side of their favorite actor, with shades of Han Solo and Indiana Jones. "The writers told me when Spielberg was developing the script, this was one of his big ideas, this image."Īnother arresting image in the teaser is iconic actor Harrison Ford looking not-so-Harrison-Ford-like but rather grizzly and villainous.
"It's the first shot - I'm in my director's cut, but right now, this is essentially how the movie starts," Favreau revealed, adding that the credit for that opening goes to executive producer Steven Spielberg. "It allowed us to play Western pretty dead straight."Īlso, that opening shot will likely be the film's opening sequence too. "When you're doing a mash-up of two genres, if you play with either of them tongue-in-cheek, the combo is not going to be what's special," he said. I'm in the middle of my director's cut."īeginning with the first shot - in which a rough-and-tumble Daniel Craig wakes with a start to discover a mysterious metal band on his arm - Favreau addressed the challenge of melding two genres: Western and sci-fi. "I'm already doing a commentary track on a. "This is new for me," Favreau said of commenting on his trailer. Due in large part to the response from the trailer, and our own excitement for Favreau's upcoming flick, MTV News caught up with the man himself at his editing bay in Santa Monica, California, for a play-by-play look at his titillating teaser.