‘Dark Knight’ star Aaron Eckhart talks ‘I Frankenstein,’ the action and the footage he’s seen
While promoting his new film with director Antoine Fuqua, Olympus Has Fallen, Aaron Eckhart talks about his upcoming comic book adaptation called I, Frankenstein.
During an interview with Collider the Battle Los Angeles star confessed he hasn’t seen complete footage or any with CGI.
Aaron Eckhart as The Monster on the set of “I, Frankensterin”
“Well I’ve looped [dialogue] for it, but what I saw was devoid of CGI. I think segments were even missing, so I’m gonna be totally surprised by it. It’s gonna be interesting.”
Eckhart impressed fans as Harvey Dent/Two-face in Dark Knight and says he’s excited about playing The Monster.
“Oh yeah, you take a modern tale of the monster of Frankenstein, put Kali sticks in his hands, and then you put gargoyles and demons and good and evil in it … and we’re talking about a kick-ass movie. We worked really hard on it. It’s got a lot of action. I did all the fighting myself, 100%, pretty much except for one fall, so I’m really proud of that.”
The film is inspired by a comic book written by Kevin Grevioux, the co-creator of the “Underworld” franchise, which is essentially a sequel to the Mary Shelley classic following the monster who does not perish.
Back in 2011 when Eckhart signed on, he described Frankenstein as “an intelligent, evolved man” – check out those comments here
Check out the full interview here.
I, Frankenstein footage will be released soon as the film set to open in theaters September 13, 2013.
Olympus Has Fallen, currently in theaters, also stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Robert Forster, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, and Rick Yune.
