Comic-Con: Kevin Smith Makes a 'Porno'
Jul 26, 2008, 02:36 PM | by Whitney Pastorek
Categories: Comic-Con 2008, Film
Parental discretion was advised before Comic-Con mascot Kevin Smith began his Saturday night live in Hall H, and oh my, was it ever needed. Smith and the cast of his upcoming mainstream romantic comedy Zack and Miri Make A Porno — including Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, a short-haired Jason Mewes, and B-movie legend Traci Lords — spent the majority of their hour-and-a-half Q&A making good use of the late, great George Carlin’s "seven words;" they also managed to make more gay jokes per capita than a frat house on speed. The movie stars Rogen and Banks as long-time best friends who decide to shoot a skin-flick to make money, and after a long text intro from Smith saying not to be a "f---tard" and record it, the crowd got to see a clip whose central feature was suddenly-indispensable Mac guy Justin Long as a gloopy-voiced gay porn actor flouncing about his closeted boyfriend (played by one Brandon "Superman" Routh). Little else about the movie was revealed, although Smith said he's entering the MPAA’s appeals process next month to get his current NC-17 rating knocked down to the hard-R he’s contractually obligated to deliver (so far he's had to cut "a lot of thrusting" and something "unspeakable"). Banks — who, FYI, said she's not yet been asked to appear on Scrubs next season — also called the film a "sweet, adorable love story." "No one's gonna go see it now!" Smith wailed in protest to that comment, so Banks amended it: "There’s a lot of f---ing and s--- in it, too." "Thank you," said Smith. "I got a rep to protect."
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