Filmmaker Kevin Smith experienced a triumphant moment as his infamous story
becomes a reality in The Flash movie.
The cameo of Nicolas Cage's
Superman battling a giant spider pays homage to Smith's past involvement
with a cancelled Superman film.
“I HAVE SPENT the better part of
30 years of my career referencing the movies,” says Kevin Smith. “And now
I’ve lived long enough where the movies are starting to reference me
back.”
Smith reflected on his initial reaction to learning about the
cameo and expresses his approval of the inclusion of the spider.
“I’ve
been telling that story since 1997,” he says.
“And it’s kind of
become a part of comic-book pop culture. And so my Twitter has been blowing
up for the last 24 hours and people want to know what I think. And what I
think about it is, you know, in a weird way, even though I’ve been making
films for 30 years, and I got my own career, I feel like, ‘Oh, I finally
made it.'”
As a dedicated fan of cinema and comic-book movies, Kevin Smith
said he finds joy in seeing his work referenced and maintaining his
connection to the audience's perspective.
“I mean, look, I’ll be
honest with you, it’d be even better if they put me in the fu***** things.
That’d be way good for my brand."
Smith continued: "Oh my god.
After we saw The Flash, Jason Mewes and I started lamenting, like, “Why
don’t they ever hire us just to be the people that get punched by Batman in
the movie? Like, we literally know the guy that plays Batman! How can can we
hook that up?”
"And Jason’s always like, “I think they think
we’re, like, too proud.” And we’re not. If somebody was like, “We want you
to be in the movie where The X-Men punch you in the face,” I’d be like, done
and done," the filmmaker concluded excitedly.
