# Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, to star in Big Trouble in Little China remake **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448 "2015-06-02T16:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/61 "2015-06-03T14:51:24Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Though I hear that it can take centuries to find a good Chinese girl with green eyes, so I don’t envy the producers that task. It’s like leather bucket seats, it’s double the price. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/62 "2015-06-03T15:07:15Z")
Well for one thing, the entire “kidnap straight off the plane” thing has to be changed. It isn’t happening. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/63 "2015-06-03T16:06:05Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > … > I wonder who they will choose for the two female leads. The original actresses were terrific. There’s something wrong with their face. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/64 "2015-06-03T16:18:58Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > They were not brought upon this earth to get it! Brilliant application of probably my favorite line in the movie. Well played. Count me among those who have no interest in seeing a remake. Whether or not he was the actual hero, Jack is certainly the focal character. And I can’t see anyone playing a better Jack than Kurt Russell. I still can’t decide if Kurt played the role brilliantly, or if he was just a brilliant casting decision. That said, a big part of the movie’s charm was that it didn’t take itself too seriously. Maybe Quentin Tarantino could pull it off: Lo Pan = Christopher Walken (Balls of Fury) Jack Burton = Brad Pitt (I’m not his biggest fan, but he could do it) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/65 "2015-06-03T16:54:17Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > I still can’t decide if Kurt played the role brilliantly, or if he was just a brilliant casting decision. Mr. Russell played the role brilliantly, IMO. It’s a markedly different performance than any of his previous films, and he nailed the “obliviously self-absorbed (but not a total douchebag) macho American” perfectly. His facial expressions, his mannerisms, the slow drawl in his voice… all perfect. We aren’t watching Kurt Russell; we’re watching Jack Burton. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/66 "2015-06-03T16:55:12Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I thought Egg Shen was the protagonist. ☹ I think the entire plot revolves around the kidnapping of Wang’s fiancee. Be that as it may… > [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Whether or not he was the actual hero, Jack is certainly the focal character. Absolutely. Which makes the hero/sidekick role switching funnier. > [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > And I can’t see anyone playing a better Jack than Kurt Russell. I still can’t decide if Kurt played the role brilliantly, or if he was just a brilliant casting decision. He played it brilliantly. A not quite over the top John Wayne parody. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/67 "2015-06-03T17:17:24Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > This is gonna take crackerjack timing Wang. > > On the serious side - I think Johnson is a terrible choice to play ol’ Jack Burton. The whole point of Jack was that he was a lousy action hero, up until the point he killed Lo Pan. He spends almost the entire movie confused and acting tough, but not really doing much of anything doing anything useful - is the Rock really going to be able, and willing, to pull off that kind of a role? He wasn’t the hero, he was the comic relief … ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/68 "2015-06-03T18:51:08Z")
Its going to be a little hard for me to watch the Rock getting his ass kicked by Chinese guys a foot shorter than him and 100lbs lighter. I’m just afraid it would throw off the movie. Other than that, I’m excited about the remake, I even made a thread about this movie when I finally bought it on DVD like last year. One of my all time favorites! Things I’d like to see: - Cooler special effect kung fu brawls - Crazier Chinese wizardry - More powerful Storms - Don’t take itself too seriously ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/69 "2015-06-03T19:15:13Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Well for one thing, the entire “kidnap straight off the plane” thing has to be changed. It isn’t happening. Oh, I don’t know. In the light of recent revelations about the TSA, it might just, er, fly. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/70 "2015-06-03T22:41:47Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > He wasn’t the hero, he was the comic relief … Besides that, it’s all in the reflexes. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/71 "2015-06-04T19:04:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Well for one thing, the entire “kidnap straight off the plane” thing has to be changed. It isn’t happening. Maybe a TSA agent can have the line “Hey, where’d you get that thing from?” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/72 "2015-06-04T19:08:49Z")
I had to rewatch the original last night. I’ve been thinking that some of the stuff may not be considered “P.C.” nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/73 "2015-06-04T19:30:35Z")
“some” is not a bad quantity of objectionable material from a 30 year old bit of pulp celluloid. But specifically what? The fact that every Chinaman is a Confucian philosopher and Kung-Fu master? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/74 "2015-06-04T21:00:01Z")
The hero is an ass-kicking little Chinese guy who gets the girl at the end, and his sidekick is an All-American lunkhead. That wasn’t a bad piece of subversion for 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/75 "2015-06-04T21:55:22Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > “some” is not a bad quantity of objectionable material from a 30 year old bit of pulp celluloid. But specifically what? The fact that every Chinaman is a Confucian philosopher and Kung-Fu master? 🙂 Eddie is kind of useless. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/76 "2015-06-04T22:07:21Z")
And a whole lot more! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/77 "2015-06-04T23:40:40Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > “some” is not a bad quantity of objectionable material from a 30 year old bit of pulp celluloid. But specifically what? The fact that every Chinaman is a Confucian philosopher and Kung-Fu master? 🙂 I think there would be people who would say that the gangs and some of the other portrayals are unflattering stereotypes. Since everyone gets their panties in a wad about everything these days and I’m sure there would be some complaints. (Aside from the “don’t remake this” ones) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/78 "2015-06-05T01:10:56Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’m mostly okay with remakes. Whether they turn out well or not doesn’t really affect my love for the original. I think Dwayne can pull it off. His size can be explained by his truck driving job if loading, unloading product is part of his job. And he can do comedy, as we’ve seen in prior films, in particular, The Rundown. Given his performance in [Be Cool](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wISNYnLEY), he could very well pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448/79 "2015-06-05T01:12:21Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > There’s something wrong with their face. > [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Though I hear that it can take centuries to find a good Chinese girl with green eyes, so I don’t envy the producers that task. [Emma Stone, perhaps?](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/03/entertainment/cameron-crowe-emma-stone-aloha-apology-feat/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-aka-the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake/721448.md?page=3)