The shadowy streets of Sin City are populated by an engrossing assembly of down-and-out characters with a variety of shady pasts, violent streaks, sexy secrets, noble causes, corrupt motivations and cruel intentions.
Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and writer-artist Frank Miller assembled an A-List ensemble of actors to bring Miller‘s visually arresting world to cinematic life. So order up a shot and sidle up to the bar, because Hollywood.com’s got a load of late-night barroom style confessions straight from Rodriguez, Miller and the all-star cast–but be warned: they spill all the secrets of Sin City, including a few spoilers, and keep an eye out for Rodriguez‘s director’s commentary in each interview!
Confessions of Jessica Alba
On her desire to play Sin City‘s sultry stripper Nancy Callahan, the sexiest woman in Kadee’s Club Pecos:
Jessica: “I wanted to do this movie because Robert Rodriguez was directing it, first and foremost. I didn’t really know it was a comic book when I saw he was directing something. I just tell my agents every month ‘What’s Robert doing? I want to do something with him….’ (Get full story)
Confessions of Benicio del Toro
On his decision to take on the almost-unrecognizable role of the mysoginystic, sadistic Jackie Boy, whose fate fuels the sequence “The Big Fat Kill”:
Benicio: “I was approached by Robert. I think we met at the Vanity Fair Oscar party. “And then he said something strange to me. He said ‘Don’t cut your hair,’ because my hair was pretty long. He said ‘Don’t cut your hair.’ “Okay ….’ (Get full story)
Confessions of Brittany Murphy
On already being a fan of the works of Frank Miller before being cast as the strip club waitress Shellie:
Brittany: “I remember when I found out about the job, I wanted to re-familiarize myself with Frank’s graphic novels, and I went to the local comic book store in Hollywood and they said ‘We’re sorry, we’re all out. But you know who comes in here all the time? Robert Rodriguez, and you guys are all into Sin City….’ (Get full story)
Confessions of Clive Owen
On his decision to take on the role of Dwight McCarthy, perhaps Sin City’s most noble character:
Clive Owen: “I was obviously thrilled to be asked to be involved. Robert sent me the graphic novel and this little 10-minute thing that he’d already filmed, and it looked hugely exciting. I wasn’t familiar with Frank [Miller]’s work at all, and I read the graphic novel ‘The Big Fat Kill,’ and felt it was the wildest, most imaginative thing I’d come upon in ages…” (Get full story)
Confessions of Rosario Dawson
On the S&M-style lingerie favored by her character, the dominatrix Gayle:
Rosario: “The costume designer actually gave me flowers when it was decided that I was going to actually wear the outfit…” (Get full story)
Confessions of Frank Miller
On his emotional response to co-directing his first feature film:
Frank Miller: “Terrifying. On the face it was terrifying, because I came and didn’t exactly know what direction was. But I’d done most of my directing before I ever saw the set, when drawing the books. Robert’s vision of this movie is to show what the books were showing. But what I found when I was on the set on the first day was I loved working with actors. Actors are very creative people. They are very smart. When Truman Capote said that actors were stupid, he proved he wasn’t a director….” (Get full story)
Confessions of Robert Rodriguez
On his taste for hard-boiled noir tales:
Robert: “I just love this material. I’ve always wanted to do a film noir. I love the seediness of film noir. I love the excitement of it, the visceral quality, the fact that you get to go meet people that you would never meet in your normal life, doing things that you would never see. It enters your dreams. Film noirs have always been enticing to people, and I think it’s because of the dark side. It’s very appealing…” (Get full story)
Confessions Caught on Tape
Video interviews with the directors of Sin City: Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.
Video interviews with the stars of Sin City: Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Rosario Dawson, Alexis Bledel, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, and more!
