J.K. Simmons on His Role as Commissioner Gordon
After playing J. Jonah Jameson is Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' trilogy, actor J.K. Simmons has been tapped to jump ship to DC to play police commissioner Jim Gordon in next year's 'Justice League' film. In an interview with Collider when asked about his preparation for the character, Simmons went on to say:
“Well, to read the comics, yes, absolutely. I’m still a couple of months out from doing that and I have two other films before then, so I haven’t gotten started on that. Obviously, a lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, and most of them I saw at the time the movies came out, never imagining that I would be doing the same thing. So, I can’t say that I don’t have some impression of that character in my head that’s based on what I saw, but I’m not planning on going back and watching any of the other films. I’m just planning on learning as much as I can about him through the comics and getting my feet wet in the first movie, and then hopefully continuing on from there.”
