Watchmen: For Patrick Wilson, Zack Snyder’s feature film paved the way for the Avengers films

It was during an interview with ReelBlend (via Deadline ) that Patrick Wilson reflected on his experience with Watchmen – The Guardians, Zack Snyder’s 2009 superhero film based on the DC Comics characters.

Watchmen is the only movie of mine that I’ve watched cover to cover – it’s amazing. I just wanted to see him as an older guy, as a filmmaker. I knew Zach was ahead. It is strange to say that society was not ready for this. But you need a movie like this. You need the movies to be so dark that The Avengers is so light. I believe that.

The actor also said that he “loved doing this movie right now” and that it would be “so cool” to be back in the world. Look at the men.

Check out his VO interview below:

Besides Patrick Wilson As Nite Owl, the film also starred Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Hale and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

In 2019, Watchmen returned as a limited series for HBO from Damon Lindelof. The nine-episode show starred Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mission, Sarah Vickers, Tim Blake Nelson, Jeremy Irons and Don Johnson, to name a few. Nite Owl, a character who Patrick Wilson Played in the 2009 film, not included in the TV series adaptation.

Watchmen – Les Gardiens is still streaming on Netflix and Paramount+.