"I didn't want any of this. Not the grief. Not the illness. Certainly not the heroic voiceover. That's not who I am. But sometimes you gotta do something,"
"My friend's older brother, who was the one who would be like, 'these are the cool records to listen to. [These are] the cool movies to watch,' he brought it over and showed it to us and we were totally captivated. The sense of humor on one hand, and also the do-it-yourself quality of it on the other hand. And this was right at a moment when we had just gotten our hands on a VHS camera and we were teaching ourselves how to make movies."
"The foundation for Blair's version of "The Toxic Avenger" is basically the same. Winston Gooze is "kind of an outsider" and "kind of an underdog," he said."
Peter Dinklage plays Winston Gooze, a janitor who becomes the purple, puss-filled Toxic Avenger after a workplace robbery, a gunshot to the face, and exposure to toxic waste. Macon Blair preserves the original's outsider-underdog foundation while updating Gooze by aging him, giving him grief from a lost wife, and responsibility for a teenage stepson. Blair's approach balances affection for the B-movie's anarchic humor and DIY spirit with a desire to put a distinct stamp on the franchise, influenced by early VHS-era fascination and hands-on amateur filmmaking.
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