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ong the tormented, demented
update the look, it wasn’t really to make it
different from the first one, it was to make
it closer to the source material than before.
Then doing it in 3D because I (Rodriguez)
thought it would lend so much better to a
graphic novel because of an absence of
information. A lot of 3D movies have so
much on the screen you really don’t know
where to look, but because his (Miller)
style is so stripped down and there’s so
much black and there’s just the actor and a
few set pieces and maybe snow, everything
would pop a lot more,” he said.
With the success of the first film, a sequel
was bound to come out.
But, the unexpected charisma of Nancy
Calligahn, played by Jessica Alba, and
the connection between her and John
Hartigan, played by Bruce Willis, sparked
a reimagining in the manner her character
would progress in the next chapter.
“In the first film she starts off as a little
girl. She’s a victim, she was kidnapped and
later she was tortured and she gets saved
by Bruce Willis’ character Hartigan. But
then in this one, it picks up after he kills
himself. So it’s like, the love of her life is
gone, she’s devastated, she’s an alcoholic.