It’s safe to say Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin has never played a role like the title character in “Jonah Hex.” Based on the DC Comics series, Hex is a disfigured bounty hunter who seeks revenge against the man who murdered his family.

Brolin, 42, who started his career in Hollywood in the classic “The Goonies” in 1985, has since starred in a number of memorable films, including “No Country for Old Men,” “In the Valley of Elah” and “W.”, where he portrayed President George W. Bush. In 2008, Brolin earned his first Academy Award nomination for his role as former San Francisco supervisor and Harvey Milk assassin Dan White in Gus Van Sant’s “Milk.”

During an interview with EXTRA, Brolin talked about the theme of revenge, his initial thoughts about the script and why you can count him in if a sequel to “The Goonies” ever happens.

EXTRA: What does it take to immerse yourself into a role that is nothing like you and based very much on fantasy?
Josh Brolin: You do a lot of research, read and watch different movies. I made sure to watch Robert Mitchum and Charles Bronson movies. The characters they played were somewhat serious but they also had the ability to have some levity and give some great one-liners. “Jonah Hex” comes from a premise that is dark.

The theme of revenge in “Jonah Hex” is something many films, of course, has tackled in the past. Do you think vengeful tendencies are something that is inherent in all of us or is it something fun to explore in movies?
Look, we’re not all sociopaths but we all have that thing inside of us where jealousy creeps into envy or vengeance creeps into sociopathic tendencies. We’re all fairly able to deal with ...