Justin Long, Uma Thurman and more chime in on which scary movies they would like to remake if given the chance.
Everyone
knows that Hollywood is addicted to franchises, sequels, reboots and
all manner of cinematic rehashings of the pop-culture past. Over 75
percent of the 30 highest-grossing films of the last three years were
based on an existing entertainment franchise, which just goes to show
there’s a reason studios keep reimagining movie history instead of
creating something new: audiences love them too.
But do actors? With
Halloween almost upon us, we wanted to know if the folks out in La-La
Land secretly had a horror flick they’re dying to remake.
Tom Hanks’
fave picks — “Night of the Living Dead” and ” Nosferatu” — have already
been refashioned in one form or another, so the Oscar-winner decided
he’d need to strike out for fresh territory. “Why don’t you make a
brand-new one?” he wondered aloud. “Knock off the remakes. Call it
something like ‘The Hyundai Accord That Ate Los Angeles.’ Wouldn’t that
be scary!”
Justin Long counted “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and
“Psycho” as his most beloved horror movies, but when it came to
starring in a remake, he had a different idea of what would scare
audiences. ” ‘High School Musical 2!’ ” he told us. “I’d love to play
the Zac Efron part. That would be a horror movie if I was the teen-idol
guy!”
Though they’re not thespians themselves, the guys in Tokio
Hotel had some strong opinions about which scary movies should be
remade, possibly with them in front of the camera. “You can remake
‘Saw’ !” frontman Bill Kaulitz laughed, explaining that he is only 20
and doesn’t know many older films. ” ‘Saw’ is really great. I saw all
the ‘Saw’ movies!”
Guitarist Tom Kaulitz’s pick? ” ‘I Know What You
Did Last Summer.’ ” (In his defense, the title didn’t sound so silly
when he uttered its translation in German.)
Tobin Bell is one man
who has been front and bloody center in a scary movie — a bunch of
them, in fact: the “Saw” franchise that Kaulitz so adores. But if he
had the choice, Bell would take Shakespeare’s “Richard III” for a
frightening ride. “I think that’d be fascinating,” he said, reasoning
that while there have been many takes on the play, his would be the
scariest. “I love the journey that he takes. He is one of the classic
villains and conflicted people.”
Uma Thurman has played superheroes,
comic villains and martial-arts badasses, but said she couldn’t bring
herself to star in any sort of scary movie. “I’m not a horror person,”
the actress confessed. “They really scare me — and it’s a big problem.
I’ve never been offered a horror movie. Maybe I don’t give people that
horror movie feeling!”
