There have been a whole bunch of set pics from the set of TOTAL RECALL hitting the web over the past few days. I try not to post set stuff unless it’s really necessary. The main reason is that firstly, they all tend to be really low in terms of quality, and secondly, it does spoil stuff for peeps. If you really want to take a look at the MINORITY REPORT-esque pics, you can do so by easily typing in the relevant search keywords into Google etc.
I have decided to post this though – what seems to be the first ‘official’ look at Colin Farrell as Doug Quaid in the movie.
Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and John Cho also star in the film, which Len Wiseman is directing at the moment over in Toronto.
You have The Film Stage to thank for this first low-res look, which comes from the pages of Entertainment Weekly.
In the mag, Farrell comments on the movie and it’s tone:
In the magazine, Farrell says “the tone will be much less jokey” than Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s 1990?s sci-fi hit. He says, “there’s not as much tongue-in-cheek” and that he wouldn’t feel comfortable delivering lines like ‘Consider dat a divorce!’” We know “the new story involves nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai, with Douglas Quaid (Farrell) a factory worker in the latter who begins to believe he is a spy, although he doesn’t know for which side.” Cranston plays Vilos Cohaagen, “the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai.”
More at the end of the link above.
