“I will say that when I was told who was going to play Snake Plissken, my initial reaction was ‘Oh, man!’ [Russell winces]. I do think that character was quintessentially one thing. And that is, American,” Russell told EW.com.
Russell is of course referring to “300” star Gerard Butler. Now look, I have nothing against Butler. The man kicked a lot of ass in “300,” and I am sure he will be a huge star. I am just not willing to accept anyone else as Snake Plissken. What’s next? Collin Ferrell starring as John Rambo in a “First Blood” prequel? How about Brad Pitt as Indiana Jones? Or what about Matt Damon as Captain Kirk? Wait, that one is actually true.
“People come up to me and say, ‘You played Snake Plissken.’ I didn't play Snake Plissken, I created him!” Preach on, Kurt! Get ‘em!
My fear was that Russell would cave in and eventually make a cameo in the remake, or a possible sequel. Thank the Lord he won’t. “(Expletive) that! I am Snake Plissken! It’s like Sean Connery always watching someone else do their version of Bond. I think one of the things, for instance, about “Escape From New York” that appealed to me was that it wasn't a special effects extravaganza. It's a quiet, dark world and it revolved around watching the behavior of this one guy. He's a fascinating character. In fact, he’s the most complex character I’ve ever played.”
At this stage, the popularity of Gerard Butler is rising too fast to stop this remake. It will happen no matter what, so I might as well piss and moan all the way up to the release date. The only thing that could possibly happen is that “Grindhouse” will be released and Kurt Russell will be back on the ‘A’ list. It could happen. Tarantino brings back star power all the time. He did it with Travolta and got him to accept better roles than those talking baby movies. Who knows, maybe we’ll eventually get “Escape From Earth.” Sure, and maybe I’m a Chinese jet pilot.
14 comments:
Brad Pitt as Indiana Jones could be HOT!!!!!
Fuck you.
you can't deny it would be hot. i mean c'mon brad pitt in an indiana jones get up?? that's a visual that made my day
I'm going to kick you in the vag.
it's cute how you assume i'm a girl
Well you could be a guy, but then you'd be gay, in which case you'd still have a vag.
blah blah blah. i'll forgive you though since you gave me that imagery of brad pitt in indiana jones gear. I was thinking, Colin Farrell wouldn't make a good Rambo but what if Rambo had a son and it was Ryan Phillipe? I guess in reality brandon davis would work better you know if Rambo had a fat lazy kid but Ryan Phillipe would be more attractive.
Why do you hate me?
Ok, so maybe it was silly to suggest Ryan Phillipe as Rambo but seriously...can't you see brandon davis as like rambo's son. or Rambo: The begining
Stop it.
Ok fine. so that's a no. gotcha.
I like Butler, but no. Escape from New York is a classic in the action realm (regardless of how shitty the sequel was) and should remain as such.
I applaud Kurt Russell for not wanting to appear in the upcoming "remake/prequel".
On a side note, Gerard Butler should play Solid Snake.
Fox vetoed someone's treatment for a remake of The Fly because it wasn't a direct remake of the original or the Jeff Goldblum version. They directly asked for something more like the Goldblum movie and the guy refused and left. Way to go, Hollywood.
I had not heard that rumor. Another remake of "The Fly?" I am not sure how I feel in regards to a remake closer to the Goldblum version. That version is a classic, so why touch upon it again if you have nothing new to bring to the table? Why not go the direct to dvd route where it can die a slow painful death until it's reviewed over at "Shitty Movie Night."
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