Willis to play ‘lamest hitman’ in ‘Looper’
May 30th, 2011 - 8:47 am ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) Actor Bruce Willis’ character in new movie “Looper” is the ‘lamest hitman in the world’ says director Rian Johnson.
Willis will play a contract killer, or Looper, in the new time-travel thriller. His character executes people before they technically exist, but director Rian Johnson says that it doesn’t mean it’s a glamorous role.
“In truth, a Looper is more of a garbage man. They have the lamest hitman job in the world. Calling a Looper a hitman makes it romantic,” contactmusic.com quoted Johnson as saying.
Explaining the film’s time-travel theme a little further, the director, says that the concept will be “very illegal” in the movie, but only in the future.
“In the film time travel won’t have been invented yet, but 30 years down the line from that it definitely will be - and when it is it’s going to be very illegal.It will also be difficult to dispose of a body, so criminals will have to go back in time and assemble a team of assassins, called Loopers. They kidnap the guy, zap him back 30 years and the Looper shoots them dead. Its’ the perfect crime! The Looper kills someone who doesn’t technical exist yet, so that person vanishes from the future,” he said.
The film also stars Bruce and Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing the same character in different times. “Looper” is set for release in 2012.
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