Zoe Saldana Liked "Saving the Day" in The Losers
Posted 04.22.10 by BrentJS
In the latest issue of Essence, Saldana discusses how her background and upbringing prepared her for playing butt-kicking roles like her character in The Losers.
Hollywood has made a living out of portraying women to be such canker sores. We always have to be rescued all the time because we're so incompetent. I grew up in Queens in the '80s where women were the caretakers and women were the soldiers. I like holding the gun. I like participating in the saving of the day. I think it's kind of sexy. It's kind of like my mom.
And while director Sylvain White's new movie is big on action and pyrotechnics, according to several members of the cast, it's the "chemistry" between the characters that really makes the movie work. In a series of interviews compiled by IGN that features several seconds of never-before-seen footage, Columbus Short, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana and Óscar Jaenada talk about how the chemistry between the cast and crew helped the production. Also, White, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Idris Elba discuss how the original DC Comics graphic novel and '80s action movies influenced The Losers.
Next Showing: The Losers opens Friday