What led you to choose G.I. Joe after films like Factory Girl and The Edge of Love?
Miller: I had never done a huge studio movie like G.I. Joe, and I felt like it was time to do something where I wasn’t having a breakdown or addicted to heroin or dying at the end, something that was just maybe really great fun and that people went to see and actually just had a great time seeing and weren’t left damaged. I think my parents also [felt] like, “Please, just stop doing these films. You’re killing us.” And how did the experience measure up? Miller: It was another different world. It’s a huge budget, a huge crew, things blowing up around you all the time. I think initially I was just completely overwhelmed. I’d never done fight training, let alone been to a gym, so this was like a whole new experience. Then once I kind of realized what I was doing, it was really fun to make a movie that is just pure entertainment and a completely different style of acting. I think the variety of doing a film like this to doing something like G.I. Joe is what’s really exciting. Next I’m doin
