{"id":3664,"date":"2012-03-28T01:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2012-03-28T01:25:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T08:25:50","slug":"toby-kebbell-talks-akira-remake-news-dark-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/toby-kebbell-talks-akira-remake-news-dark-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby Kebbell Talks “Akira” Remake | News | Dark Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing actor Sam Worthington is famously refreshing for in junket interviews is his candidness. That quality seems to have been passed on to his “Wrath of the Titans” co-star Toby Kebbell who spoke quite honestly about the on again\/off again live-action “Akira” remake at Warners which he was linked to late last year.\"\"<\/p>\n

At the time Kebbell was in the running to play Tetsuo alongside Garrett Hedlund as Kaneda, rumors that Kebbell has now confirmed were true in an interview with IFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, that was genuine\u2026 They were like, \u2018This is going to be a big franchise!. So I said, \u2018Then in that case, understand that I\u2019ve read the comics, and I\u2019ve read the comics that got turned into the annuals, and then the annuals that got turned into the one-off anime. So if you really want to do it, then why don\u2019t you look at the six comics and just put two into each film?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cThat way my character, Tetsuo, is not the lead. He\u2019s not the second lead, and he\u2019s not the third or the fourth lead, because there are eight major characters there. You\u2019ve got great young actors, and you could get them in there. That\u2019s the way to do it if you want to do sequels. They were like, \u2018Welllll\u2026\u2019. So I told them, \u2018Then this is a remake [of the animated movie], and I don\u2019t want to do a live-action remake of the cartoon, because [the cartoon] is perfect and you\u2019re not going to do it dark enough \u2014 so therefore, I don\u2019t want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of his hesitancy seems to be the changes that were in store – \u201cI was desperate to play Tetsuo, but Tetsuo in the comic and annual form\u2026 The other thing they wanted to do was make [Tetsuo and Kaneda] brothers. I was like, \u2018The point is that Tetsuo can\u2019t comprehend how someone who isn\u2019t his brother could love him so much \u2014 and that\u2019s where his wrath and his rage come from. Do you not see that? Why have you made them brothers? What the fuck are you doing?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He caps it off saying \u201cI was desperate to do it, but I just hoped they were going to take the six annuals and adapt them. Having said that, they\u2019ll probably read this and go, \u2018We\u2019re never working with him again.\u2019 But I wish they would. Sometimes it\u2019s a shame that money rules, because there are great stories to be told out there.”<\/p>\n

via Toby Kebbell Talks “Akira” Remake | News | Dark Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One thing actor Sam Worthington is famously refreshing for in junket interviews is his candidness. That quality seems to have been passed on to his “Wrath of the Titans” co-star Toby Kebbell who spoke quite honestly about the on again\/off again live-action “Akira” remake at Warners which he was linked to late last year. 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