"I feel like it's a lot of the same people but I think often times with Superman and Batman and Spider-Man, people have their favorites, where everybody can come together and all be fans of Scott Pilgrim because it's such a different type of comic. So that all those people can kind of have a common meeting ground."
"I also think that probably a lot of Scott Pilgrim fans may not have read Superman or any other superhero comics because they are a different type of book. So the Superman comic Superman fans may have a deeper comic book history. Not saying that Scott Pilgrim people don't have that. But potentially, since Superman goes way, way back to the '50s and beyond that they're a little bit more well read," explained Routh.
On Green Screens and Wire Work on Scott Pilgrim:
Brandon Routh: "I felt a great sense of relief having known what that is like and dreaded it a little bit when I got up there. They're like, 'We've got to get up to Toronto early. You have to do some rehearsal and wirework and harness stuff.' And I'm like, 'Oh, great.' But I got up there and ended up barely using any of it for me. Satya [Bhabha] had to do a lot and so did Michael [Cera], but I had very, very little. So I was very relieved, but I also tried to give little words of wisdom to people. And I certainly could understand the work that they had to do and I understand the poise and determination and focus it takes to do some of that kind of stuff. And so, then again, I was grateful that I didn't have to do any of that myself. I had to learn to play bass so that was my biggest challenge."
On Becoming an Evil Ex Bass Player:
Brandon Routh: "It was really fun. You know, thankfully I had a little bit of a music background before so I took to it fairly easily. Playing the bass was fun. There was a lot of pressure off and I was relieved that I didn't actually have to record any of the music I was playing. I just had to look like I was playing it. I would have liked to have had it be my recording of playing the 'Black Sheep' song by Metric because I actually learned that pretty good, and our band was really pretty good at it. It's actually Brie's voice, Brie Larson's voice singing, but the rest of the music is Metric and not us, not Tennessee Thomas who is our drummer and myself."
Any Reaction from Vegan Groups?
Brandon Routh: "It's certainly putting veganism, veganity we call it in this movie, the vegan lifestyle is put out there. [My character] Todd isn't necessarily the nicest promotor of the vegan lifestyle, but it speaks well of it to say that you get the power of telekinesis and superpowers because you're more clear, you're more healthy, all of those things. So I think that they all have a good sense of humor."
On Finally Getting to Play a Deadpan Character:
Brandon Routh: "It's the first time that you've been able to see it, I guess. I've either played with those in theater or in improv or auditions for things in the past where I've had that character in my back pocket and I've been waiting to really bring it out on a large scale like this. It's something I love to do - the kind of not-so-smart character. For whatever reason it's great fun for me."
Does He Feel a Special Connection to the Genre with 3 Comic Book Movies Under His Belt?:
Brandon Routh: "Yeah. You know, it's hard not to as an actor these days because TV shows, you've got Human Target, you have Chuck now. It's a TV show but they haven't done a comic spin on it. You know it's everywhere. It's infiltrated. Comic books are winning the war in creativity at this point which is because they've been out there for so long and there's so much great talent in both the writing and the inking and the drawing, that it's cool to see this take-over - and they're original ideas. You know, Hollywood has so many re-dos, remakes of this and that, that it's great to see new energy and life come about. And I, look when you play a character like Superman that hits big in that world so I'm going to attract other projects of the like, especially this - playing the antithesis of the Superman character. So I embrace it and I've been blessed to have all the characters that I play be totally different characters and also be three totally different comics, ideas of comics, and from different countries."
On What Bryan Singer's Sequel to Superman We'll Likely Never See Would Have Been Like:
Brandon Routh: " There was probably some political intrigue. Maybe some terrorist themes in there because of everything that's going on since... A politically relevant issue that maybe Superman can have some insight and deal with in a way that no one else can. You have to deal with Jason and a lot of stuff. I have my own theories on that that someday, whenever a new movie comes out, maybe I'll talk about that."
His Thoughts on Marvel Making The Avengers When DC's Justice League is Stalled:
Brandon Routh: "I would have liked for DC to have had that just to help move... I think that would have issued forth a second movie more swiftly had there been a different plan in place with both the Batman and all the entities that DC has. It's a great company and the people involved are really great, and I want them to have the best and bring their characters to light in a better way. I know they've been meeting in the last couple years and finding a game plan that works for them, so I trust they will have success with that. It's one of those things."
"It's still hard for me to envision an Avengers movie just because how do you put all of those fantastical characters together? Apart they work, because they have their own separate universes. But creating a universe they can all exist in is something that can be done, but it's hard for me to imagine. I look forward to see it in both them and the DC Universe because I think there's a place for both of them. DC versus Marvel someday, if they can figure out a way to share the profits."
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Scott Pilgrim vs the World hits theaters on August 13, 2010 and is rated PG-13 for stylized violence, sexual content, language and drug references.
