By Deborah Kim
We all spent hours as kids poring over “Where’s Waldo” books, desperately searching for that friendly face with his white and red striped shirt and hat. Well, this Friday’s “Griff the Invisible” keeps Waldo’s hiding skills, switches out his trademark red and white for black and yellow, adds some major social awkwardness, and throws in some superhero spandex to produce Griff.
Played by “True Blood’s” Ryan Kwanten, Griff is a regular office worker by day who simply wants to blend in with the crowd and not be noticed at all. But when night falls, he straps on his spandex and confidently roams the streets seeking criminals. Unfortunately, his protection seems unwanted by most until he meets Melody, his partner in crime and ladylove.
While the film is probably only comprehensible by adults, Kwanten told MTV News that a much younger generation was behind the inspiration of the movie.
“Speaking to Leon Ford, the writer and the director, he said the idea, the germ, of this film came from watching a little kid playing in a sand pit, and he just sort of said, ‘If I was to go out there and play like the little kid, sort of just talking to myself and throwing sand around, they'd lock me up and throw away the key.’
"And he said, ‘Why? Why does being an adult mean to totally suppress yourself of all fun and all liberation?’ Obviously there's a certain point of responsibility but there's also an element of using one's imagination to kind of live as well.”
Kwanten added that he enjoyed playing Griff because of the character’s more whimsical thought process.
“I think that's the beauty of Griff, is that he forces you to kind of think, “Well hang on a second, there's nothing wrong with using my imagination and getting a little flighty every now and then.”
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