Here's our interview
with John Cusack on T
Raven
How do you think people will
react to The Raven?
You play Edgar Allan Poe in
the new film The Raven.
Were you a fan of his
growing up?
Yes. It was fun to be able to
rediscover all his stuff
again, because after you
leave school you don't read
him much anymore. And I
found out how strange and
funny, tragic and eerie he
was as a person.
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The problem is, at least in
the States, is that sometimes
people don’t want to think
about it so much. So, they
just market it as a thriller.
So, they want under 25
people in here, or they say,
‘This is for the women,’ so
they cut a romantic trailer or
a trailer with action. But it’s
really for adults and there
are plenty of ways to look at
it. But I think it would be
great to talk about a movie in
that way, to put it out there
with all these different
things.
How so?
He was at war with the
world, always feeling
under siege. He would
pick fights--he felt
threatened by all males
and he idealized women.
He was a vicious
alcoholic and a modernday rock star, in a way.
A lot of people just read the
press notes and that’s what
they write about the movie
and the public doesn’t talk
about it or think about it. I
don’t know how people are
going to see it. But I think we
were true to the source
material. I think we made a
movie that ݅́