Kevin Smith has directed nine
feature films over the last 16 years but his latest, the buddy cop
comedy Cop Out starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, is his
first studio production and the first he's directed that he didn't
write. Whether that will make a difference at the box office or with
critics is yet to be determined (it opens this coming Friday). One thing that is
certain is that Smith is pretty psyched about the outcome of the film
and that should have his legions of fans psyched as well.
CityNews.ca
caught up with Smith when he was in Toronto earlier this month to speak
to a sold-out audience at Roy Thomson Hall for one of his famous An
Evening With Kevin Smith performances. We chatted about the process
of filming action scenes, the change in title from A Couple of Dicks
to Cop Out, what he thinks about Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's
vision for The Green Hornet (which he was attached to at one
point), and what is happening with his next film, Red State, and
the grassroots funding he's considering. Watch the full interview below.
Cop
Out is in theatres on February 26.
brian.mckechnie@citynews.rogers.com
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image: Bruce Willis and Kevin Smith on the set of Cop Out. Photo credit
Abbot Genser. Courtesy Warner Bros.