Stephen Sommers Talks G.I. Joe

Entertainment Weekly talked to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra director Stephen Sommers about the Sienna Miller rumors, and what inspired the movie:

“I guess the costume department gave her a tight fitting bra, but no one gave her rubber breasts or whatever. It is 100 percent Sienna Miller.”

Sommers adds that G.I. Joe, which also stars Dennis Quaid and features a cameo from his Mummy star Brendan Fraser, was partly inspired by the Sean Connery-era James Bond movies. “I always loved the old Bonds,” he says. “It’s funny now how Bond wants to be Bourne. I loved Quantum of Solace, but it was like, man, this is a completely different movie to the Bonds I grew up with. In a very contemporary way, G.I. Joe is inspired by the memory of the kind of movies I saw when I was younger. I remember being in the theater for Thunderball and the big underwater battle at the end of that movie just blew my socks off. In G.I. Joe, there’s an underwater battle under the polar icecap that’s Thunderball times 10!”

In related news, Toy News International has posted the cover for “G.I. Joe Movie Prequel #2” which gives us a good look at Destro’s mask…

Source: Entertainment Weekly, Toy Man

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