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Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
lar, the author, pitched it to me at the premiere of Stardust. He hadn’t even written the comic, but I said, ‘You know what? You write the comic and I’ll write the screenplay.’ We did it at the same time. I just felt good about it—my spidey sense told me it was a film I would enjoy to make and e...
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Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
who love these comic books with your secret of knowing what happens when nobody else does. I guess so, yeah. [Laughs] What made you want to play this part? I kind of just came across it by pure luck and coincidence. I was in the right place and the right time. I met the director, Matthew Vaug...
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
KICK-ASS posite to James McAvoy in Wanted getting ripped for the role. My character made me be anorexic. You went the Christian Bale route. And I didn’t have to do any crazy training. Chloe [Moretz, Hit-Girl] had to do three months. She used to fight with bamboo sticks and samurai swords a...
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
BIGPICTURE KICK-ASS then it was changed to Little Big Man, then it was Role Models—and I was a huge fan of David Wain and Paul Rudd and Stella, and everything those guys have done. The script looked completely different than it turned out on the screen, but I knew working with those guys, that...
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
KICK-ASS SNEAK PEAK Matthew Vaughn on set fl anked by star Aaron Johnson and comic relief co-star Clark Duke off. It’s a very, very tough role for a ten year old girl to do. Luckily, I found Chloe Moretz, who did it as well as anyone could have. How did you direct her? I’ve read in real ...
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
KICK-ASS TALKIN’ TO ME? Aaron Johnson’s Kick-Ass is a teen geek who takes his dream from the bedroom to the streets IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN Aaron Johnson’s would-be hero is black and blue all over At 19, UK actor Aaron Johnson has already played two icons: Charlie Chaplin (Shangha...
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
time, he’s spreading his wings and he’ll continue to do so—there’s more to him than just playing the nerd. Although he is a nerd, so it will be hard for him to get rid of it. How do you like to shoot action? My approach is quite simple. Make sure that there’s a story in it, a narrative, an emo...
Fight To The Top
Tags: Thongs and Perfect Snogging , Aaron Johnson , Angus , Big Brothers , Big Daddy , Chloe Moretz , Dave Lizewski , Hit-Girl , Honeymoon in Vegas , Jet Li , Kick-Ass , Layer Cake , Leaving Las Vegas , Little Big Man , Matthew Vaughn , McLovin , Neil Gaiman , Nicolas Cage , Nowhere Boy , Raising Arizona , Red Mist , Role Models , Stardust , Superbad , Train Your Dragon , Transformers 3
KICK-ASS HOP ABOARD The son of a millionaire, Mintz-Plasse’s Red Mist has access to cool toys At 17, Christopher Mintz-Plasse landed the role of Superbad’s McLovin with a cell phone snap as a headshot. Two and a half years later, his character has become a comedy icon—a lucky break that do...
