While talking up this month?s Men in Black III ? in which he does an uncanny Tommy Lee Jones impersonation playing Jones? ?60s-era younger self ? Josh Brolin took a moment to discuss the upcoming project that makes him nervous just to think about: Spike Lee?s Oldboy, the remake of Park Chan-wook?s ultraviolent 2003 film, for which Brolin says he sought Park?s blessing before taking on the Hollywood remake.
?I love Oldboy and I?m close with Chan-wook Park and I emailed him a couple months ago just asking for his blessing to do this movie,? said Brolin, ?because if he had said no I wouldn?t have done it. I really respect his movie and we?ll make a little different movie, and this whole idea of a more Hollywood version of it, whatever ? we?re just going to do a different version and have respect for the initial story and premise.?
?I?m talking about it nervously because it makes me nervous.?
Brolin will be joined in the cast by rising ing�nue Elizabeth Olsen and District 9?s Sharlto Copley, the latter of whom sent his own message to Brolin when he joined the cast. ?He just wrote me an email and was like, ?Look, I?ve got to get this out of the way ? Goonies was my favorite film! Now I?m going to make 20 years of your life miserable,?? Brolin said.
The details of just how much Lee?s remake will stay true to the original film remain a mystery, though Brolin did confirm that their version will keep the infamous hammer fight scene. ?Yes, by the way,? he said. ?Yes. It?s a hammer, a knife, and all that stuff. Will we keep the octopus and…
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