Joel Kinnaman Talks ‘ROBOCOP’ Reboot
I think there are still a number of people that are just finding out that there is going to be a ‘Robocop’ reboot. And im sure there’s probably plenty of internet goers screaming “WHY?!” But with the level of talent being attached to this film you can’t help being excited or at least just being somewhat interested. Collider recently spoke with Joel Kinnama (The Killing) who will be playing the lead role of Alex Murphy.
On the level of interest in the movie Kinnaman went on to say “It’s like when you say one thing, it’s everywhere, and that’s pretty awesome and a little bit intimidating. It makes you realize you have to think before speaking. That’s a quality I’m continuously evolving. For some reason, it seems like I’m bumping my head into the wall a little bit too many times, but now I think I’m doing alright. It’s fantastic. I used to be like “Why are we doing a remake? What are remakes being done for?” But then, we do that all the time in the theater. If we weren’t doing remakes, nobody would know who Shakespeare was. I’m not saying that Robocop is Shakespeare, but it’s a way to … we’re retelling. That’s what we do as human beings. We retell our favorite stories. That’s what we’ve done since we were sitting around campfires. It’s a part of the human spirit. It doesn’t have to be negative to creativity. It can be completely opposite. That’s how you can break new ground by rethinking something that’s already been done. José has a completely different take on this than Verhoeven had, and with all respect, everybody that’s involved in this movie loved the original and we have a lot of respect for it. We’re going to have a lot of throwbacks and there’s going to be a lot of fun stuff for the fans of the first movie. It’s a new story within the old one.”
Kinnaman was also asked if he was nervous about signing for a multi-picture deal and stated “No. I mean that sort of comes with the territory, and so far, everything that I’ve been promised and everything that I’ve heard about the project has really come to life. Everybody is trying to make something real, something with a core of substance, and of course, an exciting action movie with a lot of terrific stuff and fantastic visuals and everything, but at the core of it, it’s a movie with substance and something that is going to make people think. ”
When asked about how he felt about working with Gary Oldman “That feels about as surreal as me being RoboCop. I couldn’t be happier. He’s pretty much the grand master of the game. … So, I’m very, very excited and we have great scenes that have a lot of the substance that I was talking about. It’s very much a relationship between Gary Oldman’s character and Alex Murphy.‘
I’d buy that for a dollar!
Dead or alive… ‘Robocop’ is coming to theatres August 3, 2013.
