Don't hold your breath. Will and Co. are making a movie from the original manga which is quite different in some ways. The plot elements that are such a gut punch and knife twist are from the movie.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > I just finished watching "Old Boy" and I feel kinda dazed and bruised. > Woo-jin Lee (as played by Jin-Tae Yu) is as diabolical a fiend as I have ever > seen on the screen. > > I can see why Will Smith would be attracted to this material. I know his > essaying the role of Dae-su Oh is not popular here, but "Old Boy" would > complete his personal trilogy comprising "I Am Legend" and "Seven Pounds." > Interestingly, I think Smith would be better cast as the glib, polished (yet > haunted) Woo-jin Lee. Frankly, though, I don't think even Big Willie can > sell this story to American audiences. > > ~rave! >
