Anyone looking at Gerard Butler‘s recent track record would see it as good reason to skip whatever he decided to star in next. Even more to the point, people should certainly run from anything even he deems unworthy of his time, which is the case with the upcoming Point Break remake, of which Butler was set to star in opposite Luke Bracy (don’t look at me like that, I hardly know who that guy is either).
Butler was to play Bodhi, the role made famous by Patrick Swayze in Kathryn Bigelow‘s original film, while Bracy was to play the Johnny Utah role previously portrayed by Keanu Reeves. Now, one month before shooting was to begin, Butler has bailed citing what THR refers to as “creative differences and a scheduling conflict:”.
Wait a second, so there were some creative differences, but it was the conflation of creative differences and a scheduling conflict that caused him to leave? Is this to say if there wasn’t a scheduling conflict he would have stayed despite the creative differences? Would he have stayed if there were no creative differences, but there was a scheduling conflict? What I’m getting at is this excuse is bullshit, but it doesn’t really matter.
The film is being directed by the director of Invincible and the writer of the Total Recall remake and Ultraviolet. Can we really expect anything better than terrible? If you still have faith, does the fact Alcon Entertainment still plans on beginning filming in a month and recasting the role beforehand give you any pause? No? Well, enjoy the movie.
