Kurt Russell has made some rather disapproving remarks about the casting of
Gerard Butler as one Snake Plissken in the needless remake of
John Carpenter'sEscape from New York. One of the big things he is pissed about, is that Butler is Scottish and the Snake Plissken character that he reminds us.... "He created"..... is most definitely American. From
Entertainment Weekly through
Filmstalker....
"I will say that when I was told who was going to play Snake Plissken, my initial reaction was ''Oh, man!'' . I do think that character was quintessentially one thing. And that is, American". Would Russell do a cameo in the flick?
"F--- 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". Let me just say this. As good an actor as Butler is, I have to agree 100% with Kurt Russell. This remake should not be happening, just like the remake of
Halloween, the remake of
The Thing and the remake of
Assault on Precinct 13 that came out a while back. Can you imagine
Orson Welles approving and acting as executive producer on a remake of
Citizen Kane? NO! John Carpenter, you should be ashamed of yourself letting all your back catalogue be re-made like this whilst you revel in the big paycheck. Kurt Russell is Snake Plissken and the Carpenter movies are the only place that character should be used... end of story. source -
filmstalker,
entertainment weekly