Jeffrey Dean Morgan was very grumpy during his meeting with Snyder, something that appealed to him a great deal. Most of the actors he met with he felt were too groomed. Director Zack Snyder found casting for The Comedian to be a difficult process, as the character is gruff and grizzled.Thomas Jane, Mel Gibson, Ron Perlman, Gary Busey, Nathan Fillion, Johnny Depp and Tommy Lee Jones were all considered for the role of Comedian before Jeffrey Dean Morgan was cast.Even him mellowing out isn't enough to make-up for his crimes. Regardless, Edward still lived most of his life killing villains and heroes alike with little remorse. As approached old age he began to soften in his actions and only killed or maimed those he was ordered to. Upon figuring out that Laurie was his child, Blake quietly watched over her, albeit in an over-controlling manner such as threatening her boyfriend after Laurie took drugs. He seemed genuinely remorseful for what he had done to her and the two had an affair which led to Laurie's birth. This inspired him to reconnect with Sally Jupiter. He slit the captain's throat to avenge them. When he returned to base, his captain ordered that whole area to be wiped out, killing both the woman and her son in the process. During World War II, he saved by a Solomon woman and her son.
After finding out that Ozymandias was planning to create world peace by annihilating most of New York, the Comedian's philosophy was shaken as he was forced to admit that this plan would work.ĭespite his cruel nature, the Comedian was never completely heartless. This line of thinking often put him at odds with his teammates whose whole reason for donning costumes and fighting crime was to inspire people and make life better. The Comedian sees everything he does as insignificant as the deeds of the few are never enough to change the world. He displayed little to no remorse even as he crossed lines even the more ruthless heroes of his universe wouldn't consider doing.īlake's reasons for doing the things he does are not necessarily clear, but due to the harsh upbringing he must have endured while living during the Great Depression, it's assumed he cast aside any feelings of decency in order to survive. Later, the Comedian worked for the corrupt government and did even more reprehensible things as a soldier in the Vietnam War. That's why he was lonely.Įdward Blake may have been on the heroes' side, but he was a violent and sadistic sociopath who was mainly interested in heroism as an excuse and means to hurt criminals. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks trying to hold it together … he saw the true face of the twentieth century and chose to become a reflection of it, a parody of it.
Treated it like a joke, but he understood. The other masked heroes investigated the Comedian's death and they found out that Ozymandias was the one who murdered the Comedian, because he found out about his plan.īlake understood. Ozymandias easily outmatched him and he murdered the Comedian by tossing him out a window. When Ozymandias found out, he and the Comedian fought each other.
Frightened, he went to see his old enemy, Moloch, telling him that he was the closest friend the Comedian had. He eventually found out that Ozymandias was planning to kill roughly 2 million people (15 million in the movie) to save billions.
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Throughout the movie The Comedian has committed several crimes, because he thought that humans were savages and should be treated like a joke. The Comedian was a member of the original Minutemen.