Mark Wahlberg to star in Crow remake?
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You may remember us reporting that a remake of classic noir film The Crow is in the works – and that it’s being scripted by legendary lyricsmith Nick Cave. So far, so inexplicable but pretty cool.
Here’s what’s not so cool. Debate has obviously been rife over who director Stephen Norrington would consider for the starring role of Eric Draven, a rock star who is brought back from the dead to avenge his own murder.
In the 1994 original, the part was played by Bruce Lee’s deliriously cool son Brandon, and The Crow passed into horror legend after Lee died on set when a dummy bullet misfired and punctured his abdomen. This is, I think you’d agree, a role possessed of no small amount of gravitas. So imagine our shock at Best For Film Towers when we heard that the producers of the remake had approached none other than ex-Funky Bunch frontman and Planet of the Apes explorer Mark ‘The Other Guy’ Wahlberg.
No, you didn’t read that wrong. Mark bloody Wahlberg. We’ve got no argument with him as an actor per se, but as Gene Simmons’ undead wet dream? If this film is made, we may just give up and go home.
The only thing I can say about this in fairness is that I guess the dire sequels that have come out since the Brandon Lee original may have already dragged the Crow’s good name through the dirt. I mean, I think that picture above is of none other than Edward “John Connor” Furlong playing the role in 2005′s “The Crow: Wicked Prayer”, a film which currently holds a rating of 2.7 on IMDb. Surely even Marky Mark can do better than that? …maybe?
Some would say that you are right. Some would also say I needed a picture of someone with an actual crow to go with the rather snazzy shot of Marky and his seal buddy, and that I couldn’t find any others and hoped nobody would notice.
Some would say.