Playing The Comedian Was Tough, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Says

“Watchmen” was a massive hit upon release, showing clear signs that it had the potential to rise to the challenge of matching “300,” the 2006 film with which it has often been compared. One week after the US release though, ticket sales started dropping – but that was not on account of a lack of dedication on behalf of the cast members, as the latest interview with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays The Comedian, reveals.

Speaking with WENN, as cited by PR Inside, the actor, who rose into the public eye with his part in “Grey’s Anatomy,” says that playing The Comedian was one of the most challenging parts of his career.

It wasn’t hard, though, to breathe life into “this brutal bastard of a man,” since having to wear the costume made him want to kill someone at times. Also, putting it on was yet another ordeal he had to face, as it took almost six hours to get him ready for the cameras.

“You quickly realize it’s gonna really take six hours to put this costume on every day. So I’d come out of the costume and I’d be ready to kick somebody’s [expletive], because it’s such a long painful process. It’s hard to move, it’s sweaty, squeaky.” Morgan shares.

However, this eventually helped him get into character, a thing he often forgot to leave behind when shooting was over. Morgan became one with The Comedian, and would frequently leave home not as himself, but as the character he played in front of the cameras.

“There was always something but ultimately it helped so much to turn myself into the character. A lot of it had to do with the costume. He’s [The Comedian] a very sad soul. There’s more to him than just this brutal bastard of a man. It was hard to shake Comedian at the end of the day. There were days when I went home and thought, ‘What did I just do?’ because he was just so sad.” the star further explains.

“Watchmen,” based on a graphic novel and made possible under the direction of Zack Snyder, has received mixed reviews both for the way it handled the original material and for the performances of some members of the cast. All in all, though, it made for a wonderful experience, and fans were not left disappointed upon release.