Long before he brought Superman back to life with his new blockbuster, James Gunn thought of himself as a hero. Back in 2010, the filmmaker — not then as powerful as he is now — directed low-budget dark comedy Super. It starred Rainn Wilson from the US version of The Office as Frank, a loner convinced God wants him to be a superhero. Laughs came from Frank’s homemade costume but they grew uneasy in a film with an oddly violent flavour. “Frank is me, in many ways,” Gunn said then. It didn’t make the comedy any more comfortable.
早在憑借新片讓超人重返銀幕之前，詹姆斯?古恩(James Gunn)就已經(jīng)把自己視為英雄。2010年，這位當(dāng)時(shí)還沒(méi)有如今這么有影響力的電影人執(zhí)導(dǎo)了一部低成本黑色喜劇電影《Super》。影片由美版《辦公室》的雷恩?威爾森(Rainn Wilson)主演，他飾演的弗蘭克是個(gè)孤獨(dú)者，堅(jiān)信上帝希望他成為超級(jí)英雄。弗蘭克自制的服裝帶來(lái)了不少笑料，但在這部風(fēng)格怪異、帶有暴力色彩的影片中，觀眾的笑聲逐漸變得不安。“弗蘭克在很多方面就是我自己，”古恩當(dāng)時(shí)說(shuō)。這并沒(méi)有讓這部喜劇變得更讓人舒服。