How does it feel crawling back into the world of Snake Plissken?
The weekend before we started principal photography, I was sitting around my house, brooding. My wife and my son said, “What’s wrong with you?” I said. “I’m worried that I don’t know the style.” The original ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was written in 1974 and wasn’t made until 1981. That was a young man’s idea, it was a vision of somebody who saw things differently. Now, I’m an old veteran. Am I going to be able to get back in the saddle again? -Were you? Well, with the first shot I realized, “What am I worried about?” It’s like riding a bicycle. Or for me, like flying a helicopter. You just start it up and there you go. -You worked with a lot of the same people. Debra Hill produced and co-wrote the script with you and Kurt Russell? Yes. And we have more ambition in the movie in terms of what you’re going to see on the screen. Kurt is just amazing as this character. His work is my favorite kind of work in that it’s somewhat invisible. He doesn’t show off. He’s extremely funny. And I had more
