A New Star for Escape From New York?

I just read that Timothy Olyphant may be replacing Gerard Butler as the star of the upcoming remake of Escape from New York.

I am on the record as being against a remake of Escape from New York on general principle, but if forced to talk about it, I could see how Gerard Butler could have played Snake Plissken.

Tim Olyphant on the otherhand? Not so much.

I liked him in Go and a few other things, but when I think of him, I can't see him being Snake Plissken. Kurt Russell made that role and Gerard Butler probably would have been able to do something with that opportunity.



I am hearing his voice trying to play Snake Plissken, and it is just so wrong in my head. And that is the thing that is really turning me off his potential attachment to this remake that didn't need to be made in the first place. Kurt Russell he is not. He plays anger in a completely different way, and I don't think that what he does will do the character justice. Well, no one but Russell can do the role justice, but he would do a little less than Butler.

Tags: escape from new york, tim olyphant, gerard butler, remake, action movie, john carpenter, travesty