The character who first made waves in the British science fiction anthology, ’2000 AD,’ Judge Dredd is one of those characters whose faces are never right out in the open. It’s kind of like Wilson from ‘Home Improvement,’ except Wilson didn’t deliver hard justice as far as anyone knows.
Actor Karl Urban is in the lead of the upcoming ‘Dredd,’ the character’s first theatrical film since 1995′s ‘Judge Dredd,’ in which Sylvester Stallone had the lead. In Stallone’s iteration, the character was revealing his face left and right. According to Urban however, such won’t be the case in the new film. He told Total Film:
“If anyone if familiar with Dredd, over the years there are many times when he removes his helmet but you never fully see his face. This was a construct by the creators because he represents a faceless system of justice and law.
I say this hypothetically. If I went to a movie called Judge Dredd and the lead actor at one point took of his helmet so we could see his full face I would just puke in my popcorn because that’s not Dredd. He is mysterious and enigmatic. We’re doing it right, it’s gonna be harder, grittier and above all faithful to the comic. It’s gonna kick ass.”
Urban also said that ‘Dredd’ works as “set up film. A day in the Judge’s life as he puts rookie Anderson through her paces.” The Anderson he speaks of is Cassandra Anderson, who is played by Olivia Thirlby. You can check out a photo of her in character here.
From director Pete Travis, ‘Dredd’ is scheduled for that after-summer slot next year on September 21, 2012.
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