Sharlto Copley Talks ‘Oldboy’ Remake!

MTV News recently spoke with actor Sharlto Copley (District 9, The A-Team) during Comic-Con where he was promoting Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium. Copley was briefly asked about Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of Old Boy in which he plays the villain.

“They’ve been very true to the spirit of it. It’s dark, it’s gritty. They’re not sort of softening it, which to me was important. And I’m very excited about that movie. I’m very excited about working with Spike and with Josh,” Copley said. “I think it’s going to be a film that is really worth redoing and make that idea that is such an unbelievable story accessible to maybe more people than it was originally.”

The movie is a remake of the 2003 Korean film Oldboy, directed by Chan-wook Park, which  was based on the manga by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya.

Josh Brolin is set to play Joe Douchett, an everyday man who has only five days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a hotel room for 15 years without any explanation. Copley will play the film’s villain Adrian Pryce.