Yancy
talking about her character in Witchblade:
"I
liked not only the novelty of it, but also that I have this wonderful character
to play".
"She's
vulnerable, courageous and she does kick ass. It's great that she's
a woman. And it's great that she's not dressed in three-inch stilettos
and a bustier. I loved that."
"We
do deviate from the comic, and that was a concern" "But we're not
acting in one cel [panel] of a comic. It had to translate and it
had to translate realistically. I credit Ralph for pulling it off.
I love that man. Thank God he made it realistic. To be quite
honest, this could have been the biggest piece of cheese that there ever
was. The fact is that it's not cheese and I am so proud of it."
"I
know when something's cool when I'm in almost every frame...".
"...and
I'm agape while I'm looking at it. I think it rocks..."
"...I
don't know if it would have been better or worse if we hadn't grounded
it in reality, but it would have been different. The way it is, people
can relate to Sara." "I also like that only women can wear the Witchblade.
Some people might find that sexist. I would hate to say reverse sexism,
because that would be sexist in itself. I'll be publicly flogged
[for saying this], but women are closer to nature. I'm making huge
paint brush generalizations. But we are closer to nature just because
of what we can do with our bodies. We can procreate. I think
it's wild that only women can wear the Witchblade. Here we have man-envy,
as opposed to what every other story is about. So I guess it's a
reversal. You've got a man (Irons) who really wants something a woman
has and that only she can use."
"Instead
of grabbing people in the first three minutes like most films do, we take
our time. We don't have million-dollar FX sequences. We're
grabbing your interest with a storyline. You're interested in this
woman before the whole blowout."
"I
like being intrigued before the hoopla. Everything else is just a
bonus, the ribbon on the package. I think the heart of Witchblade
is acceptance. Imagine, you wake up and find this thing on your wrist.
You don't know what the hell it is or what it can do, and all of this weird
stuff happens to you. Given all of her losses, it's about acceptance.
It's about what you do with your anger. It's about forgiving yourself."
