Joel Kinnaman Says RoboCop Isn’t a Remake

SFX Magazine has released the cover to their latest issue which features actor Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy, aka RoboCop in director’s José Padilha’s remake. Inside the magazine there is an interview with the actor, who speaks about getting cast to play the iconic role.

“When I first heard there was gonna be a RoboCop remake, I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll see that somewhere down the line. But it’s nothing I’m interested in pursuing myself.’ Then when I heard it was José Padilha that was gonna direct it, I became very interested. José has fought very hard and succeeded in making something that has a point of view, and a political and philosophical perspective.”

Kinnaman also says that while they are making a remake, he doesn’t consider it to be a total, page by page, shoot by shoot remake.

“It’s a great responsibility. Especially in a world where there’s a lot of remakes being made for cynical economic reasons. But having José as a director washed away those fears. The biggest respect you can pay to the original is to acknowledge it as a very intelligent movie, and try to make something intelligent to follow it up with, and not just replay old catchphrases. We kept one or two as a wink to the fans, but we did not try to remake the movie.”

Also starring are Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, Jay Baruchel, and Jackie Earle Haley.

RoboCop opens on February 7, 2014.

RoboCop Official Synopsis:

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.

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