<\/a>Photo by Theodore James<\/p><\/div>
\nI think when we approached them and they didn’t tell us their names and bios, we were like “That’s cool, we don’t need them. it’s not part of our story.” Which is different from how reporters react — they need a name to print a story. But what’s a name, really? If someone wants to identify themselves as Mr. Extreme<\/em>, then that’s who he is, to us. But, for instance in Mr Extreme<\/em>‘s case, I nonetheless got to know him deeper than the costume. He’s a guy that I’ve gone to a couple times a month over the course of the last however many years, have spent hours on end with talking about his life, his family, and getting to know him. I don’t need a name to truly know him.
\nQ: How did you come across this subject, in the first place?<\/strong> And what made you decide to make a film about it?<\/strong>
\nMB: I stumbled upon this vast community online. Go ahead, google Real Life Superheroes. I dare ya!I’ve been a cinematographer for 15 years, and have shot a lot of films. I started directing a few years ago, and was making a film for a TV network that, that Theodore [James, the producer] was producing. He was looking for a project, and I mentioned that I’d been gathering some research on this thing. I turned the research in, to him, and he was amazed. He started doing more research, we got in touch with Mr. Extreme<\/em> and we went to shoot him. He was the first one to agree to work with us. When we got home and we looked at the footage of him we just knew<\/em>. We realized that this guy is fascinating, and we could just do a film about him alone! But it expanded: We got in touch with Stan Lee, and when he agreed, the community just fell into place.
\nQ: Were there any scenes that didn’t make the final cut that you miss terribly?<\/strong><\/strong>
\nMB: We had to cut a lot of Zetaman, <\/em>who is an exceedingly noble and humble guy. The work he does with the homeless is heartbreaking and inspiring. He is a true hero in every sense of the word and I’m bummed that we had to lose segments of his story line in the film. I’m also bummed that we had to lose Master Legend<\/em>‘s “House of Death” scene. Keep an eye out for the DVD, it will definitely be on there!
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