Empire sprak met Sam Rockwell die momenteel druk is met Cowboys & Aliens, zijn tweede film onder leiding van Jon Favreau. Het duo werkte samen al aan Iron Man 2. Hij was zo vriendelijk om een boekje open te doen over zijn personage in de nieuwe sci-fi western.
"My wife gets taken by the aliens, and so I go on a journey with the rest of the cowboys to find her, and get involved in the big final battle. I ride a horse too, a pretty smooth one called Fred."
Hij heeft zelfs al een favoriete sequentie, die overigens door middel van improvisatie tot stand kwam.
"I play the town's barkeep and ex-doctor. There's a scene where I'm in the gang camp and [Daniel Craig's] Jake pulls his gun on everybody. As we were shooting that, I had the impulse to grab the weapon from the guy next to me: 'Fuck it, I'm grabbing this gun, man! I need a gun!' And now we've added in scenes before and after to make it into a whole thread for my character."
"I know it'd take some doing to convince some people, but I think I'd be a great one. I've played Batman [in online 2007 short Robin's Big Date] but I've never had superpowers and I'd love to get some."
De hoofdrolspelers zijn naast Rockwell Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Noah Ringer, Adam Beach en Olivia Wilde. Vanaf 11 augustus in de Nederlandse bioscoop. Bekijk nogmaals de trailer:
