Adrien Brody Reveals How He Won Leading Predators Role After Being Considered For A Different Character
Brody made a compelling argument.
Adrien Brody recalls how he won the lead role of Royce in Predators after he was initially eyed for a different character. Released in 2010, the third installment in the Predator franchise (not including the Alien vs. Predator movies), was directed by Nimród Antal with a story that follows a group of soldiers and criminals as they attempt to survive on an alien planet. In addition to Brody, the film stars Alice Braga, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Danny Trejo, and Mahershala Ali.
In a recent video for Variety in which he attempts to guess lines from his past films, Brody correctly identifies a Royce line from Predators before recalling how he came to star in the film. The actor explains that the film's creative team initially wanted him to play a different character, but he was able to talk them into taking on Royce by using some key examples from the initial 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film. Check out his comment below:
That was a movie I grew up loving. Like, I remember cutting school and sitting with my friends in the front row watching Schwarzenegger in Predator. Interestingly, when they came to me with this they didn’t want me to play, not interestingly, but they didn’t want me to play Royce.
They wanted me to play another part and I advocated for why I’m right to play Royce and why soldiers don’t often look like Schwarzenegger. And it’s more about an emotional hardness and a military tactical awareness and intelligence, and that ultimately was what defeated the Predator even in Schwarzenegger film, not his brawn.
What Predators Meant For Adrien BrodyHow The Movie Was ReceivedPrior to Predators, Brody's experience as an action movie lead was relatively limited. The actor played action-forward character Jack Driscoll in Peter Jackson's King Kong, but he wasn't the lead in that film. For Brody, Predators was mostly a success. The Predator movie has a respectable 65% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews generally praising the movie's no-nonsense action and the unique way it shook up the franchise.
RelatedAll 7 Predator Movies Ranked (Including Prey)The Predator franchise consists of 7 oddly-named films. With Prey changing the game yet again, we rank every movie in the series from worst to best.
Made on an estimated budget of $40 million, Predators grossed $127 million worldwide, making it a success. The film was successful enough that a Predators 2 was in early development, but Fox ultimately pivoted and took the franchise in another direction. Brody and Braga would both have returned for Predators 2, according to screenwriter Alex Litvak, who described the film as "Die Hard on a Predator ship" during an interview with AvPGalaxy. Brody, however, would still end up appearing in action movies in later years, including Bullet Head (2017), Clean (2021), and several Hong Kong movies.
2018's The Predator was the next installment after Predators, and that film was a critical and commercial disappointment.
Our Take On Brody In PredatorsRoyce Helped The Film SucceedPredators may not be the best movie in the Predator franchise, with that honor going either to the original or the acclaimed Prey (2022), but it is a lot of fun. It evolves the premise of the first two movies in an interesting way, features a compelling supporting cast, and has some great action set pieces. Brody, too, is convincing as an action hero, capturing both the tactical awareness and the physicality. It's unlikely Brody will be returning to the franchise anytime soon, but Predators is all the better for it that he ended up playing the lead.
Source: Variety
Your RatingPredators Release Date July 3, 2010 Runtime 107 Minutes Director Nimród Antal Writers Michael Finch, Alex Litvak, Jim Thomas, John Thomas Prequel(s) Predator, Predator 2Adrien Brody
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