Caffeinated Clint
On the hunt for a Caleb
The past couple of horror movie remakes – “The Hitcher”, for instance – have shaken things up a bit by reversing the gender of the hero. Not “Near Dark” though, by the looks it’s going to follow pretty darn closely the Kathryn Bigelow-directed original. Not that it’ll make fans of the ’87 original any hungrier to see it.
And though I’m always very anti-remake, and still don’t believe there’s a need for “Dark” to be redone, it’s a good cautionary tale this one – and it seems director Samuel Bayer will be really pushing that message in the new film. Maybe, just maybe, it’ll be OK.
Received the sides/casting breakdown today for the role of our hero, Caleb, played in the original by Adrian Pasdar, and the character is written pretty similar to the guy in the first film – albeit, a little more reckless and more of a ‘take charge’ guy.
In this, Caleb is an out-and-out 19-year-old party boy, living with his father and 10-year-old sister. He and his father are at odds – especially when a 40-something year old woman emerges from Caleb’s bedroom. But Caleb’s about to get a nice wake-up call…
He meets Mae, the charming stranger who makes him a member of her vampire gang, at a pinball parlour (she’s playing a game, he walks up behind her, places a coin on the machine and says ‘I’m next’ – distracting her, and causing her to lose the game. She ain’t too happy for a few seconds). They challenge each other to a game of pinball – winner buys the drinks – and that’s essentially how they hook up.
I’d be interested to see where they go with the remake… it does sound to be swimming in its own pool….
Casting agents are now on the hunt for a Caleb.
