Kick Ass: A Kick Ass Cast

Aaron Johnson as David "Dave" Lizewski / Kick-Ass: Johnson said that Kick-Ass is a "sensitive guy" who lost his mother and is a "nobody" at school, so he creates his superhero identity "as this whole different persona." Johnson said that Dave is "a kid who’s got the guts to go out there and do something different."

 

MATTHEW VAUGHN: When we first met, you were just a young whippersnapper. But within a year, your life has probably changed beyond recognition. Where is your head at right now?

AARON JOHNSON: Quite a lot has changed. I dunno… I’m just happy. I’m sort of more interested in what’s going on in my life rather than my career right now, to be honest. It’s quite exciting because I’ve got two really interesting films out this year, so it’s a good moment to sort of take a break and enjoy life.

 

 

Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl: Vaughn commented on the maturity of Moretz, who said that because she has four older brothers, she was no stranger to much of the language in the script. Her mother read the script and permitted her to use the profanity in the movie.Jane Goldman, one of the two co-writers of the script, said, "We just really wanted Hit-Girl to be a character who, in a sense, simply happens to be an eleven-year-old girl," Goldman said that Mindy "is genuinely dangerous, she's genuinely mad. It's not her fault: she's been raised in this environment where she doesn't know anything different."

 



 

Nicolas Cage as Damon Macready / Big Daddy: Vaughn described Cage's performance as a little bit Elvis and a little bit Adam West. A character in the film even says his costume looks like that of Batman.Cage was inspired by his costume to try delivering his lines in the same style Adam West used for Batman.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D'Amico / Red Mist: Frank D'Amico's son.
Mark Strong as Frank D'Amico: The head of a criminal organization

 

Film 4 Review Clip on Characters:

On the action front, in particular, it rarely fails to deliver - Dave's early forays into vigilantism feel brutal and real, while Vaughn shows a consummate amount of flair in choreographing a breathtaking, one-take rampage by Nic Cage's Batman-esque Big Daddy. But if the action sequences - and indeed, the film as a whole - provide us with a real star, it's in the foul-mouthed, samurai sword-wielding, pre-pubescent hurricane known as Hit Girl, a character and performance that mark young Chloe Moretz out as an astonishing discovery.