Why remake Alfie?
To be perfectly honest, that was my question, initially. We’re taking this iconic ’60s character and transplanting him into the modern world. He has a very particular philosophy about life and a very particular attitude about sex, and we haven’t necessarily updated him all that much. It’s women who’ve changed so dramatically over the 30 or 35 years since the first Alfie was made. That’s what ultimately fascinated me about doing it. The question wasn’t so much about how the inner-voice of men has changed, or whether it will ever change, as it was about how the women in the story may respond to that differently now than they did then. bert.osborne@creativeloafing.
