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OLDBOY Casting Call Provides Character Names & Descriptions

The Angry Asian Man blog has gotten a hold of a casting call for Spike Lee's Oldboy. Which is a remake of Park Chan-Wook's instant-classic revenge film, based off of Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi's manga.

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    [WALLACE SHARKEY] Male, 60ish, Caucasian. Joe's well-tailored, slickster boss.

    [DONNA HAWTHORNE] Female, Mid 20s, Caucasian. Joe's ex-wife and mother of Mia. Once a homecoming queen, now a stripped down hardworking single mom.

    [DAVE BERMAN] Mid 40s to 50s. African-American. Shlubby, but very welthy businessman. Joe hits on his much younger girlfriend.

    [ASIAN WOMAN] Female, Early to mid 20s, Asian. A mysterious exotic beauty sitting at the bar observing Joe. MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE A PLUS

    [CHUCKY] Male, Mid 40s, Caucasian. A free spirited likeable human teddy bear who sports loud vintage Hawaiian shirts. Joe’s best friend.

    [BROWNING] Male. Caucasian. Small in stature. A career criminal with pockmarked skin.

    [CORTEZ] Latin male. 50s. A bullishly strong street thug/criminal.

    [JAKE PRESTON] Male, Mid 30s to mid 40s, Caucasian. A clean cut tough looking former cop; the no-nonsense host of the TV show "Unsolved Crimes."

    [ADULT MIA] Female, Early 20s, Caucasian. A musical prodigy on cello. Sensitive, intelligent, beautiful but humble. CELLO EXPERIENCE A PLUS.

    [GRACE] Female, 50s, African American. A drug addicted nutcase in the Mobile Hospital.

    [JOHNNY] Male, Mid 40s to 50s, Caucasian. A disheveled, schizophrenic man who is on the street near the Mobile Hospital unit.

    [A BURLY MAN] Male, 40s, Caucasian. Muscular and serious with close-cropped hair.

    [THE CHECKPOINT] Male, 40s, Open Ethnicity. A serious looking sort (probably trying to hold down two or three jobs to support his family) who is sitting at a desk in the underground parking garage.

    [EDWINA BURKE] Female, Late 50s to early 60s, Caucasian, distinguished-looking. She is from Evergreen Academy where Joe attended school. She is tough, smart, and very much a lady, but a lonely one.

    [SECURITY GUARD] Male, 40s to 50s, Caucasian. The guard at Evergreen Academy that patrols the grounds and takes his job a bit more seriously than he needs to.

    [AMANDA PRYCE] Female, 14, Caucasian. Adrian's younger sister. She is pretty, yet shy and a bit awkward-looking.

    [YOUNG JOE DOUCETTE] Male, 17, Caucasian. A young Josh Brolin.


After Angry Asian Man blog posted the casting call people approached Spike Lee on his tweeted the director about the lack of diversity in the cast, he responded.
    "People You Need To Relax. The Cast Of OLD BOY Will Be Diverse.If You Think Otherwise You Do Not Know My Work.Bother Other Directors ‘Bout Dat. The Cast Will Be Diverse. Don’t Worry."


Spike Lee also addressed the portions of the casting call for Grace, the african-american "drug addicted nutcases" and the asian character "mysterious exotic beauties."
    "All That Stuff Has Been Changed."



Oldboy will be directed by Spike Lee (Inside Man) and will star: Josh Brolin (Milk, Men in Black 3), Sharlto Copley (District 9, The A-Team), and actress Elizabeth Olsen (Silent House, Martha Marcy May Marlene).


Source: angryasianman
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santoanderson - 8/5/2012, 1:24 PM
Total Recall didn't need to be remade, and neither does this.
StormLoganSummers - 8/5/2012, 1:28 PM
Whatever.
Spidey31 - 8/5/2012, 1:31 PM
TOO MANY GODDAM REMAKES
White - 8/5/2012, 1:39 PM
This is most pointles remake ever.
kingwoompwoomp1117 - 8/5/2012, 1:41 PM
After that little stunt spike lee pulled with that whole treyvon martin/ zimmerman event, I hope this movie bombs! However, the original is straight badass!
DZ123 - 8/5/2012, 1:50 PM
Uh, Anime News Network noted Spike's comments first. The Angry Asian Man blog missed those. Just saying.
Ceejay - 8/5/2012, 3:23 PM
It's not a Remake, The Korean film did its own story different to the original Manga and even changed all the names of the characters it used too. Spike Lee's film is an adaptation that will closely follow the original Managa in story but like the Korean one have its own names to the characters.
RidiculousFanBoyDemands - 8/5/2012, 6:33 PM
I love old boy. Having said that, I don't see American audiences gravitating towards the story.
YOUNGBL00D - 8/5/2012, 6:36 PM
I saw the Korean one and the ending really scarred me, just a huge shocker, especially the tongue scene, if you seen it than you know what I'm talking about.
preacher - 8/5/2012, 6:52 PM
What's the issue with this being re-DONE? The original didn't follow the manga very close. THIS one is supposed to. Now, if they go the Total Recall route and SAY they're going to stay closer to the source material and end up churning out another [frick]in re-MAKE, then [frick] 'em. But, if it's going to be as they say, and follow the original manga story line, then I'm all for it! Why not? I've seen reboots, remakes, re-do's and I've enjoyed some, hated others. I've also seen originals that I've hated, some I've loved. Get the [frick] over it. It's going to happen whether you hate on it or not. And you and I know that YOU'LL be seeing it, whether at the theater or via rental. And who knows, you may even like it!
YOUNGBL00D - 8/5/2012, 7:52 PM
@preacher I agree plus Spike Lee is a pretty director
SmellofDuty - 8/5/2012, 8:25 PM
Where do I go to be casted? I'm prefect for the Wallace Sharkey, btw little boys hit me up too. Haha
IIIAdamantiumIII - 8/6/2012, 3:55 PM
why not remake battle royal while your at it .....oh wait..

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