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Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs and director Rupert Sanders attended the film’s world premiere at Angelike’s Village East in New York City on Tuesday, August 20. Crow is a remake of the 1994 film of the same name starring the late Brandon Lee.
At the premiere, Skarsgård, 34, tells PEOPLE exclusively that stepping into Lee’s role as Eric Draven was “intimidating.” He notes that while he’s part of the 2024 run, there have been previous remakes in both film and TV, adding, “So I’m not the first to take that position.”
“The iconic performance, the tragic thing that happened with Brandon,” he continues. “And for me, I approached this like any other job, like, ‘What is this story? How can I justify this story?’ ”
Bill Skarsgard and FKA twigs on August 20, 2024 in New York.
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Skarsgård also tells PEOPLE that because the latest iteration is “so different” from the original, Lee’s portrayal didn’t play a role in his approach.
“We didn’t remake that movie and that was never the intention,” he says. “I feel like that movie and its performance are iconic and shouldn’t be messed with at all. So I’m glad we tried to do something completely different with it.”
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Brandon Lee in ‘The Crow’.
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The film follows a man named Eric (Skarsgård) who is resurrected after a murder to take revenge on those who killed him and his fiancee, according to the film’s official synopsis. It continues: “Given the opportunity to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out on a quest for ruthless revenge against their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to right the wrongs.”
crow, directed by Sanders and also starring Danny Huston, Isabella Wei, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila and Jordan Bolger. Zach Baylin and William Schneider were screenwriters. Victor Hadida, Molly Hassell, John Jencks and the original film’s producers, the late Samuel Hadida and Ed Pressman, are credited as producers.
The film comes 30 years after the original 1994 film, which was struck by tragedy after Bruce Lee’s son Lee died at the age of 28 following an accidental shooting on the film’s set in 1993. In a criminal investigation, the district attorney involved in the case refused file charges against the production company behind the film.
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Rupert Sanders, FKA twigs and Bill Skarsgard on August 20, 2024 in New York City.
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That film was completed after his death and released in May 1994. Both the remake and the 1994 film were based on James O’Barr’s 1989 graphic novel.
Sanders said Vanity Fair in February that Lee’s “soul is very much alive in this film” and that the “horrible tragedy” was “definitely something we always kept in mind while making the film.”
“There is a real fragility and beauty in his version Crowand I think Bill feels like he’s the heir to that,” Sanders said.
“Brandon was an original voice and I think he will always be synonymous with him Crowand I hope he’s proud of what we’ve done and how we’ve brought the story back,” he added.
Crow in theaters on August 23.
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