The restart of “Naked Gun” starring Liam Neeson has generated a lot of emotion online, but one of the original film directors is not a fan.
“It’s painful, but it’s not only what I would have done, “David Zucker told Fox News Digital.
“But you know, I don’t want to hit what they do, but I will like it, but it’s not what I would have done, it’s not our style. It’s strange to see it.”
Zucker directed the original comedy of 1988, “The Naked Gun: of the File of Police Squad!” Starring Leslie Nielsen and co -written by her brother, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Pat Proeft.
The original “naked gun” said that Liam Neeson in the remake/sequel “is not what he would have done.” (Kate Green/Getty Images)
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The Zucker and Abrahams brothers, known by the acronym Zaz, are also the intellectual authors of the comedy behind “Airplane!” “Top secret!” And the television series “Police Squad”.
The director admitted that he does not want to see the restart of “bare weapon” with Neeson, comparing it when “Airplane II” came out, which did not involve Zaz.
“Jim Abrahams said when we would do that and he would ask us:” Why haven’t you seen “plane”? “And Jim said:” Well, if your daughter became a prostitute, would you go see her work? ”
“‘The Naked Gun’ and ‘Airplane’, these are our babies. And we spent a lot of time conceiving it, doing it. And then it was a child of surprise for me when they excluded me from the remake.”
David Zucker, on the right, with Brother Jerry Zucker, the left, and Jim Abrahams were the legends of the comedy beind “plane!” and “bare weapon.” (Stephane Cardinal/Corbis through Getty Images)
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Zucker continued: “I guess I would.
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If the leg had involved, Zucker says he would not have chosen Neeson.
“You can’t replace Leslie Nielsen. That’s the thing,” he said.
Zucker said: “You can’t replace Leslie Nielsen” in the new “naked gun.” (Kevin Winter/Getty images)
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Zucker added: “They were very sincere and in what they thought they were going to do. They want to do a naked gun.” “And these are not bad people, they love, love the ‘naked gun’, ‘Top Secret!’ ‘, Airplane!’, And Seth Macfarlane has paid tribute to ‘Family Guy’ and all this, and is very nice. ”
“He called me, and for 10 minutes he told me how much my movies loved. However, when I heard for the first time I was going to do it, I, son of the hat applied in my hand, to help or be invaded,” not until we make the script. “Hey because to meet me.
Zucker says he spoke with Macfarlane about the movie, but was out of the script process. (Kevin Winter/Getty images)
According to Zucker, he and the original “Naked Fun” Pat Proft co -writer wrote “Our version of Naked Gun 4,” more in accordance with the style of Parody Zaz and Proft, have been known over the years, starting with her Kentucky theistic film, Whatich Angeles “,” “” “” “” “” movies, the movie signed. ”
“We learned that there are rules, and we wrote a book called ‘Aurely, you can talk seriously’ and it’s the true story of ‘Airplane!’ And we are the 15 rules of comedy, our comedy.
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“Do you remember those ads for children’s things in the 60s? He says: ‘Does children not try this at home?’ That is what I would say, but it is too late, this is coming out.
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Zucker says that the script and the script of Proft, along with Mike Mcmanus, “was not just a police film” and would have “a new approach.”
“It was ‘Gun Naked Gun’, but it is a parody of ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘The Bourne Identity’ and Bond, with Drebin’s son, who is a young guy. Andy Samberg would have bone. We make a young cast and a new approach. Guy, no matter how good they are.”
In the new version of “Naked Gun”, Neeson plays Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr., son of Nielsen’s character in the original franchise. (Paramount Pictures)
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The representatives of Neeson and Macfarlane did not respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
Zucker and the specificity of his team in his comedy styles led to the discovery of a young Val Kilmer, who made his film debut as Nick Rivers, a pop star similar to Elvis in “Top Secret!”
“Jerry and Jim and I were throwing” Top Secret! “And this was in mid -1983, and we could find a Nick Rivers that we wanted.” So finally, our casting director, Suzy Jacobson, suggested, well, there is this actor in this work called ‘Slab Boys’ in New York. So, we got on a plane and saw Bradway’s work.
He added: “I mean, I don’t remember much about the work, but I thought hey [was a] Very charismatic, handsome. I would go out with him, but you know, that’s another story. “
Val Kilmer made his film debut in the parody of Zaz “Top Secret!” (Paramount/courtesy of the Everett collection)
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Zaz had a Kilmer audition, and they thought it was great, and then the young actor made a version of Elvis’s melody “Gurn releases me”, and that sold them.
“The way Hey was fun,” Zucker said. “He alone, left us speechless.”
Zucker recalled that Kilmer was “a little uncomfortable” in the first weeks of shot and then realized that part of the problem was reduced to the character.
“Val was this actor trained in Juilliard, and we were the most silly movie. We had to co -star with a cow with boots. It was crazy,” he said.
Zucker revealed that Kilmer was “a little uncomfortable” with the incredible silly character he played in “Top Secret!” But there were no bad things that will bet on any topic. (Paramount Pictures courtesy of the Everett collection)
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Kilmer’s girlfriend at that time, Cher, also had a lot of confidence in the movie.
“Cher would leave the set, very beautiful lady, but she kept the account that he is a monumentally stupid movie. He will fail at the box office. I mean, no matter if he was right, it was still upset for me that he is putting this sheet by placing by placing.”
Zucker said Cher was a critic or “high secret!” But “she was right.” (Barry King/Wiremage)
I thought the film was a great box office success, it has become a classic cultured cult, and there was no bad blood between Kilmer and the team.
“I don’t go to Hollywood parties, but I met him sometimes every year or two. And we always greet. And I had long memories of me, maybe not the movie,” Zucer said.
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He added that he listened to a story about a Count of Kilmer Duration fans a question and answers session that “Top Secret!” It was his favorite movie, and Kilmer joked, “It’s my least favorite.”
“Top secret!” It was Zaz’s first movie, but Zucker feels that the team learned some lessons of the experience.
Abraham’s remembered discovered years later than Kilmer’s discomfort with the character was “our guilt.”
“We take the wrong lessons of the plane”! “Which was that you fill 80 minutes of a movie with jokes, and you have it,” Zucker explained.
Zucker said they learned many important lessons in the cinema over the years, including the creation of their own comedy rules. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty images for TCM)
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He explained that in “plane!” There was an arc of the plot and the character for leadership, Robert Hayes, but was parodied of an existing plot of the movie “Zero Hour” and did not make the same template and rules to follow for “Top Secret!”
“Each movie has been a great experience, but above all we learned lessons of doing incorrect things, and we could put them in the rules, which people who make” bare weapons “, put on Nice.