Caffeinated Clint
“Deadwood” star tells Moviehole about his action projects
Moviehole had the chance to catch up with former “Deadwood” Sherrif Timothy Olyphant who responded to online rumours that he’s attached to star in the video game cum movie “Hitman”.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been officially attached to it contrary to the internet. It sounds fun. It sounds pretty cool. I’ve seen the pictures. I’ve never played the game but it looks cool”, says Olyphant, currently shooting “Live Free or Die Hard”. “Lord knows what I’d look like when this hair comes off. It’s a major concern”.
There’s not a good history of video games being successful movies, and Olyphant is well aware of that.
“That’s a good point. I think you start with the script and ask yourself who is going to tell that story and, if I’m not mistaken you’ve got Luc Besson right now whose done very good movies in that genre; La Femme Nikita. I remember walking around for weeks just saying ‘La Femme Nikita’. That was just such a good movie. Gosh, that was great and then The Professionals, I just watched The Professionals again two weeks ago. It’s a good movie. I haven’t seen the long version. I hear that’s unbelievable where he goes and kills people with her? I haven’t seen it. It’s such a great sweet story. You know what I mean? It’s a metaphor for parenthood in this warped way. You’re trying to teach your children how to survive without you. It’s really quite something. ”
Olyphant also mentioned “Live Free or Die Hard” and how accepting that offer “a no-brainer. One, you know what you’re signing up for and it’s probably gonna be a good time. And, I’ve never played that substantial a role in such a classic, great American popcorn movie. Then, it becomes a personal thing. It shoots here in L.A. I literally work for just a few weeks; seems like fun.
“It’s a cyber-terrorist plot based on this article that was in “Wired” magazine a few years ago saying that as horrific and sad as it was seeing a building come down, the real threat to the country was cyber-terrorism; if somebody were to hack into that infra-structure, they could cripple the country in a matter of days. This character is a guy who used to work for the government and warned them of this possibility and is now carrying it out. So, in its own right, it’s a different character, a different villain. There’s something that feels a little bit more unstable about a person who would do that kind of a thing. The ouch doesn’t really match the pinch. It was a guy whose career was ruined and is now saying ‘I told you so’.”
The full interview with Olyphant will be up soon.
Thanks to ‘PF’
