Before he fought Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry as Orm, a.k.a. Ocean Master, in Aquaman, Patrick Wilson left his stamp on the superhero movie genre through Watchmen, where he played Dan Dreiberg, the second Nite Owl. Although Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the same-named comic book miniseries by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was met with polarizing critical reception, it’s grown a sizable fanbase over the years, and Wilson looks back on that chapter of his career fondly. This is evidenced by the actor sharing some emotional thoughts he had about Watchmen after recently rewatching it.
While promoting Insidious: The Red Door, which sees him both reprising Josh Lambert and making his directorial debut, Wilson spent some time on the ReelBlend podcast talking about Watchmen with CinemaBlend’s own Sean O’Connell and fellow host Jake Hamilton. After Hamilton gave his opinion that the 2009 movie was “too brilliant for its time” and “came out a couple of years too early,” he asked Wilson if he thought Watchmen might perform or be received differently if it came out today, and here’s what the actor/filmmaker said:
