Watching the Watchmen Episode #2 Night Owl II and Rorschach

Patrick Wilson as Daniel Dreiberg / Nite Owl II: A retired superhero with technological experience. John Cusack, a fan of the comic book, expressed interest in the role. Snyder cast Wilson after watching 2006's Little Children, which also co-starred Haley. Wilson put on 25lbs to play the overweight Dreiberg. He compared Dreiberg to a soldier who returns from war who is unable to fit in with society again. Wilson said the fight style he was instructed to give Nite Owl was "heavy handed and power coordinated".

Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach: A masked vigilante who continues his vigilante activities after they are outlawed. Unlike the other five principal actors, Haley had read the comic and was keen to pursue the role when he heard he had become a favorite candidate among fans. He and fourteen friends put together his audition, where he performed scenes from the comic. Haley "almost went nuts" trying to reconcile his understanding of complex human behavior with Rorschach's moral absolutism, stating the character made him wonder if people generally just make excuses for their bad actions. Rorschach wears a mask with ink blots: motion capture markers were put on the contours of Haley's blank mask, for animators to create his ever-changing expressions. Haley found the mask "incredibly motivating for the character" because of its confining design, which heated up quickly. Small holes were made in the mask for him to see. Haley has a black belt in Kenpō, but described Rorshach's attack patterns as sloppier and more aggressive due to the character's boxing background.

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[Vonyco]

XD The guy who played Rorschach... you'd never be able to tell it was him! Personality wise, he's like an opposite to Rorschach!

[EvisceratorBand]

He's right, Rorschach IS the coolest looking one. And he's the coolest character out of all of them in general anyway.

[jaredbrobb1996]

out of all the vigilantes in the Watchmen, I'm probably closest to Night Owl, because the way that Night Owl fights is combining martial arts with heavy boxing blows, basically the form of Karate, with the power of Rocky, & that's how I fight whenever i do, even though I'm only a yellow belt & i had to quit 2 years ago, i still know it, just really, REALLY, rusty

[cbouford]

the guy who played rorscach looks like a fag im srry

[JessShia]

I wish John Cusack got the role!! :(

[7Haseo]

Yup I heard of that. He can play a nice freddy kreuger @_@ makes wish if freddy was alive it would be the first original one not the new one @_@

[CaptainPommby]

Awesome!