The Official Kevin Durand/Blob Discussion Thread

[the a1ant]

That's a great look. I hope they don't make him look out-of-shape, morbidly obese fat, but with shape and form on a large scale (like in that pic). Yeah, he's called 'Blob' but y'know what I mean...

 

[tyler-durden]

Yeah I agree that look was good, he looked different in the book but the cover is exactly what the blob should look like.

 

[Retroman]

USA Today article mentions Durand's work as Blob and weight.

For Durand, playing the 'Lost' psychopath can be a blast
Updated 5/27/2008

At the time of his casting, he'd only seen about half a dozen episodes of Lost, mostly from Season 1. "I had no idea what was happening, and once I got it, I chose to leave it that way. I didn't want to know anything or be attached to anybody. I'm glad I didn't. But now that I'm on it, I'll watch all of it."

But a Lost DVD-viewing marathon may have to wait until Durand takes a well-earned vacation at home in Thunder Bay, Ontario: He spent six months shuttling between Sydney (where he "packed on" about 700 pounds to play The Blob in next year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine), the Hawaiian base of Lost, and the Santa Fe set of Legion, also due next year, in which he plays the angel Gabriel, sent by God to destroy humanity. (Sound familiar?)

"I'd like to take a little bit of time and wait for something that excites me now," he says. "I'm definitely gearing more toward film. I like the fact that I can play a character for a week or four months and then switch everything up. But you never know. Lost was really fun. If I can have that experience in any genre, I'd take it."

Source:http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-05-27-durand-lost_N.htm

 

[Angamb]

I still can't believe Blob is in this movie, hahaha.

what about that weight? is good for the character? or isn't enough?

 

[Retroman]

I think so. He can grow a few more hundred pounds in the comics too.

Speaking of 700 pounds.....check this out.

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[The Original Bamfer]

700 pounds? Damn.

 

[Gotham]

Did he seriously pack on that weight or was it a suit that will be added later? You can never know..

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Did he seriously pack on that weight or was it a suit that will be added later? You can never know..

It's hard to say as it would seem incredibly plausible and reasonable for him to gain nearly 500 pounds over the span of a few months for an extended cameo.

So, yeah, he probably wore a suit.

 

[Electrix]

It's hard to say as it would seem incredibly plausible and reasonable for him to gain nearly 500 pounds over the span of a few months for an extended cameo.

So, yeah, he probably wore a suit.

Haha!

If Edward Norton can bulk up that good for the Hulk and get his skin dyed green i'm sure gaining 500 pounds wouldnt be too hard...

...oh wait

 

[Angamb]

don't think he got that weight, and less for a small role.

 

[BMM]

Haha. No, he didn't gain 500 lbs. for his role as the Blob.

 

[narrows101]

http://www.tbsource.com/InTheBay/index.asp?cid=109286

....While Lost is filmed in Honolulu, Hawaii, Durand was bouncing back and forth over the last seven months between the Aloha State, Sydney, Australia and New Mexico working on three separate projects.

He spent time in the land down under working on the next installment of the X-Men movies: Wolverine, where he plays alongside Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds as the villainous mutant The Blob also known as Frederick J. Dukes, a perennial X-Men character. The film is set for theatrical release in spring 2009.

“I wasn’t a comic book kid because I was busy playing hockey here in Thunder Bay. That’s all I wanted to do and all I dreamed of really. But when I saw the first (X-Men film), I was just in awe and the second one (X2:X-Men United) just blew me away,” he said.

When he heard the news a new installment was in the works, he was hoping the producers would consider him for a part and luckily for Durand, they already knew his name and called for him to take a look at the part.

And to get the larger than life Blob ready for the cameras, it took six months of costume and special effects preparation.

“I have a feeling people are going to like him,” Durand said....

 

[Ratcrawler]

Durand was wonderful on Lost. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they pull off Blob.

 

[Angamb]

was he in Lost too???

I didn't know it.

two Lost starts in an x-film.... mmm.... that's too much, I think, hehe.

 

[Gotham]

was he in Lost too???

I didn't know it.

two Lost starts in an x-film.... mmm.... that's too much, I think, hehe.

He actually a nice stint on Lost. He was fantastic.

And I can't wait to see what he does in this film.

 

[Fanticon]

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around how they're going to handle Durand in this role. Make-up, sfx, ties to wolvie...the works.

 

[Retroman]

http://www.tbsource.com/InTheBay/index.asp?cid=109286

Sounds like a lot of work was done to create the Blob.Maybe his role is bigger than we think?

 

[Not_Sane]

Does any one else think that they are adding too many mutant cameos? This is starting to sound like an actual X-Men movie minus the X-Men, but plus a canadian.

 

[BMM]

No. There aren't nearly as many cameos, mutant or otherwise, in this movie as compared to the X-Men movies. Thus far, X-Men Origins: Wolverine looks to have less mutants in it than X-Men (2000), which isn't a lot.

 

[TNC9852002]

Yeah. People are quicker to find a way to complain about something now more than ever..

I'd expect nothing more out of a movie based on an X-Men character to actually have....X-Men characters in.it. Supporting the storylines just like the comics do.

-TNC

 

[Dark Victory]

I wonder what The Blob is gonna look like. I'm kinda guessing the monster Michael Rooker turns into in the movie Slither.

 

[Svenhorn83]

Is that John Wraith out the boxring?

 

[Electrix]

Looks like it, with the cowboy hat.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Blob looks nice and disgusting.


Perfect.

 

[Not_Sane]

I really don't like how the Blob looks and Plus Logan and the Blob boxing?!? That is so corny.