Rob Liefeld Talks About Dove And The ‘R’ Rated Action In ‘Titans’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7825″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]There has be moments that Rob Liefeld must have to pinch himself to make sure the last number of years haven’t been a dream. He has had his Deadpool character appear as the headliner  of two major motion pictures and now, he sees two more characters he had a major part of hit the streaming DC Universe with the appearance of Hawk and Dove in the new Titans.

At the Titans world premiere at New York Comic Con, our friends at ComicBook.com caught up with Liefeld to ask about how it feels once again to see one of his creations brought to life. This time with Minka Kelly suiting up as Dawn Granger, aka Dove in DC Universe’s Titans.

Dove was my first assignment, Hawk and Dove,” Liefeld says. “They hadn’t had a comic in over a decade and the Kessels (Karl and Barbara) had come to me and I read the treatment and I was like, ‘I have got to be a part of this because Dove, this version of Dove, will take. We will transform it,’ because the relationship becomes more romantic, more dangerous. Taking away from being his brother to this stranger and again, he didn’t know that she’s Dove in the early issues.

Liefeld, who is an energetic personality could barely contain his excitement about seeing Dove.

So the fact that she’s coming to life as Minka Kelly is ridiculous. And Geoff Johns sent me pictures from the set last year and said ‘You’re going to love the way they look’ and he had all these shots…and they nailed. And that’s when I knew these characters were going to be great…With the trailers, I wasn’t prepared for her to put a finger through a dude’s face and rip it off, but I’m so excited.

Speaking of ripping off faces lead to questions about Titans “R” level violence. Liefeld didn’t even flinch when commenting:

The R-rating is where it’s at. It’s the truth!” Liefeld said. “I’m talking about the Titans. I’m telling you, the level of violence, look, audiences are ready for more mature stuff. My lab are my children: 14, 16, and 18. They saw Iron Man when they were 8 and 6 and 4, so they’re growing up and so they’re ready to embrace this. This is the kind of stuff they’re ready for because now my son who was 8 when he saw Iron Man, he’s in college now. So he wants more mature stuff. So I think they did the right thing going the mature angle with this. I think it’s going to pay off. Very excited.

Do you agree with Rob Liefeld that audiences are ready for mature stuff and that “R-Rated is where it’s at?” Share your thoughts with us at GVNation. But keep it clean people…Don’t make us bring Captain America over here about “language.”

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Martin

Senior Writer at GeekVibesNation – I am a 60 something child of the 70’s who admits to being a Star Trek/Star Wars/Comic Book junkie who once dove headfirst over a cliff (Ok, it was a small hill) to try to rescue his Fantastic Four comic from a watery grave. I am married to a lovely woman who is as crazy as I am and the proud parent of a 21-year-old young man with autism. My wife and son are my real heroes.