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"Aaron Taylor-Johnson has admitted that he was initially intimidated to star in Kick-Ass 2. The actor told Flicks and Bits that it was a daunting challenge to reprise the role of Dave Lizewski.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s bizarre repeating something you&amp;#039;ve already done, so I felt like I needed to step it up a few levels,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It was challenging because it was new for me to go back to the same character. I usually just go from one thing to the next and very different things. &amp;quot;It was a bit of a mind\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6. puzzle to do, I&amp;#039;m trying to think of the right words to use. I think it took me a lot longer than Chloe [Grace Moretz] and Chris [Mintz-Plasse] to get back into character. I&amp;#039;ll be honest, I think it was a challenge for sure.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s really hard for me because I go to a character and then I erase it and I just jump to something else. I find that a lot easier. But to go back to something and then try to make it feel like the same person is actually a lot harder than it seems, I feel.&amp;quot;  &amp;gt; Kick-Ass 2: What the critics say - review round-up &amp;gt; Chloe Grace Moretz interview: &amp;#039;Kick-Ass 2 is more female-driven&amp;#039; Taylor-Johnson also said that it was &amp;quot;amazing&amp;quot; for him to spend time with Mintz-Plasse and Moretz again. &amp;quot;I love hanging around with them. They&amp;#039;re awesome, they&amp;#039;re like family and they&amp;#039;re just fantastically talented actors,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We didn&amp;#039;t need to do a second one, meaning we weren&amp;#039;t originally contracted to do a sequel, but we all signed up to do it because we all work together really well and we love the story. It was exciting.&amp;quot;  He added: &amp;quot;I really do believe they stepped it up a notch on this one. It&amp;#039;s ramped up, wild, unpredictable, surprising madness! I think it&amp;#039;s funny, but then it&amp;#039;s also emotional. These characters go on such a personal, emotional journey.  &amp;quot;And more importantly, without that you don&amp;#039;t relate to these people with what they&amp;#039;re going through in life and then the reason why they&amp;#039;re dressing up as superheroes - which is really dark and intense. When it comes down to that there&amp;#039;s a real soulfulness to it.&amp;quot; Kick-Ass 2 is now playing in the UK and the US. Universal Pictures has described the movie&amp;#039;s opening weekend box office earnings as disappointing. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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