However, it is hard to picture him turning in a film as uninhibited, ass-kicking and self-knowingly funny as the original Road House. So there's no doubt he knows his way around filming action. Much of the film's rampaging, make-it-up-as-you-go-along tone probably came from legendary producer Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Matrix, etcetera etcetera ad infinitum), but Rowdy helmed it like a boss.ĭoug Liman did the first Bourne film and also Edge of Tomorrow, in which Tom Cruise gets killed repeatedly and very satisfyingly. Was he exactly the right director for that particular movie? Hell yeah. Was he a good director? By many metrics, probably not. Is Doug Liman any kind of Rowdy Herrington? Rowdy's highly eccentric direction of Road House is a big part what makes it the legend that it is. He's got the build, the brutality, the aversion to shirts, and probably the curious 'acting' style required. You are a messy bleeder," after cold-cocking an out-of-favour henchman in the face.Īnd what about Wesley's vicious chief henchman, Jimmy? I'm kidding – obviously this will be Conor McGregor. I could imagine him delivering the immortal line, "You're a bleeder.
Charles Dance isn't much younger but he might be a good option. However, his career got significantly less hacky in later life and now he's too old.
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20 years ago, Michael Caine would have been the obvious choice – he was in Steven Seagal's On Dangerous Ground and Death Wish Pensioner movie Harry Brown, after all. I am not sure anyone could fill Gazzara's shoes. His performance as Wesley in Road House is just lip-smackingly malevolent, but he also had to deliver some quite stupid lines and at least try to keep a straight face during some absolute onscreen nonsense.
He later turned up in Lars Von Trier's typically stomach-turning Dogville, so we're talking here about a guy who was in a lot of serious, prestige films. Gazzara is probably best known for being in this, but not far behind, he was known for playing Jackie Treehorn in the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski, and for appearing in a number of John Cassavetes' films, including The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Who could ever be an updated version of arch-villain Brad Wesley? One of the many freaked-out things about the original Road House is that Brad Wesley – a gimlet-eyed embodiment of pure small-town evil – was played by Ben Gazzara. He did also quite recently have a heart attack, but hopefully he's over that now.
This saw him playing, basically, an ass-kickin' dad, which is what the Wade Garrett role is, in a nutshell. Although better known as Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul, he was widely acclaimed for his work in last year's extremely violent hit, Nobody. His high-wattage charisma, relaxed manner and way with a one-liner made him the perfect older foil to Swayze in the original Road House. Who can replace Sam Elliott as Wade Garrett? The cowboy boots of Sam Elliott may be even harder to fill. So while most Gyllenhaal movies have not involved him being very manly, but in a sensitive way, and kicking lots of ass, he has proved he can do it.Ĭan he replicate the other-worldly charm or Bruce Lee-like physique of The Swayze? That's slightly more questionable, but Gyllenhaal's a good actor and I am sure he'll be putting the gym work in as we speak. Back in 2012 he had off-the-scale bromantic bro chemistry with Michael Peña in the cop movie End of Watch. He'll be best known to most movie goers as Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which he kicked a certain amount of ass, but back in 2015 he was very convincing as a sensitive boxer in Southpaw. Can Jake Gyllenhaal kick ass? Actually, I know the answer to this.
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