Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 10:15PM 'Akira' American Remake to Star Garret Hedlund, Possibly Gary Oldman
Akira was a landmark 1988 anime that, for many, was the film that first cemented what often makes eastern animation so distinct from western. It was gritty, it was violent, it had complex themes and characters, and it clearly wasn't meant for children. A live action Hollywood remake has been floating around in development hell for quite a few years, at points drawing in the star power of Leonardo DiCaprio, Keanu Reeves, and Zac Efron. Now, it looks as though it may finally be moving forward, as more behind-the-scenes casting details are emerging.
The actors in the running to play Tetsuo, the main character who is given destructive psychic powers after his encounter with a government experiment, are Ezra Miller and Alden Eherenreich. There's a good chance you haven't heard of either of them, but Miller is the star of the much praised independent drama We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Eherenreich starred in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro, so they aren't exactly unknowns. Garret Hedlund, best known for his role as Sam Flynn in Tron: Legacy, is in talks to play Kaneda, Tetsua's gang leader and best friend. Gary Oldman, who needs no introduction, is supposedly in talks to play the Colonel, the man assigned to destroy Tetsuo once he becomes dangerous. Helena Bonham Carter and Keira Knightly have also been approached to play roles.
One on hand, it's good to see that Warner Bros. is taking this project seriously, looking at real talent to play already beloved characters. On the other hand, well, it might be a little hard to ignore that none of the prospective cast members are Asian. Unless they plan on ignoring the whole "futuristic Tokyo" thing, it's gonna look very odd that all of the important people just happen to be Caucasians living in Japan. If I were them, I'd probably just westernize the setting and characters, while keeping everything behind the names the same. All you would really need is to keep the relatively minor character Akira Japanese, and you'd be able to keep the title. The last time a studio shoe horned an Anglo cast into an Asian group of characters was with The Last Airbender, and I think we all remember how that turned out.
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