Ethan Hawke talks Assault on Precinct 13 Remake

Here are a few clips from the interview:

Did you see the John Carpenter movie first?

Ethan Hawke: I’ve seen the John Carpenter movie when I was like 19 years old, and I haven’t seen it since. I don’t even remember it that well. I remember that I liked it. And for some reason, I didn’t feel inclined to watch it again. My only problem and why I haven’t done many action movies before is they tend not to have very many interesting characters. It was fun to be in a cop movie that had all these great characters. And because of these great characters that were drawn, we got a really good cast, and that makes it fun to do. Of course, it’s totally different to a Before Sunset experience or doing a play like Hurly Burly. But for me it keeps things different.

Did John Carpenter stop by the set and did you meet him?

Ethan Hawke: I didn’t. He never came by the set. They met before the movie and they showed him a couple of early cuts or at least one early cut. He was incredibly supportive to Jean-Francois [the director] and I think he was psyched that it was getting remade. The original movie is a peculiar film, because a lot of people don’t have any idea that it even exists, and then the people that love it are fanatical about it, and feel that it’s some kind of sacrilege to even make this movie. So it’s just kind of a peculiar thing.

You can read the whole interview here.

You also can look at the poster and pictures at the link below.

Assault on Precinct 13 Gallery

Source: Latino Review