Snake Pliscan, Badas to carry the eyes in the center of Johnon Carpenter's dystopian thriller in 1981 "Escape from New York", It is assumed to be - in the spiritual sense - just like Clint Eastwood's character from Sergio Leone's man without a name trilogy. And, if the silent behavior, the nihilist point of view and a voice voice did not give it, the Carpenter also has a snake to bring more scenes opposite Lee van Cliff, an Antagonist co-star of Eastwood in the same trilogy. However, in a strange piece of casting, Snake is played by Kurt Russell. As early as 1981, Russell, as a movie star, was still the most famous his children's career with Disneywhere he made light, nonsense, family movies. His first adult film was Robert Knatis's comedy in 1980 "used cars", followed by "New York Escape".

After that, Russell will build a career playing a wider range of roles, including, among other things, action heroes and bad. Indeed, the man now had more violent blockbusters and dozens of high -octane thrillers under the belt. But in 1980, Russell was a tough sales as the Starvar Action. Indeed, Johnon Carpenter had to fight directors at Embassy Avo, the studio behind the film, to bring Russell to the screen. Russell and Carpenter have already worked together on the 1979 Elvis TV, in which Russell starred in the title, but none of them were a particular project fondu. It may be the least "Johnon Carpenter" from Carpenter's films, and Russell was not too pleased with the results.

Fun Trivia: Kurt Russell is the only actor who treated Elvis (in "It happened at the World Fair"), played Elvis (in Elvis) and played ELVIS (3000 miles to Graceland ").

Back in 2013, Russell spoke at the Cape Town Film FestivalAnd he remembers that Carpenter had to ask Russell specifically for the role of Snake Pliskan. Ako loved Charles Bronson in his role.

Russell said Elvis is not a very dream project for him. He did not want to do so, but he understood that it would be good for his career to appear in the biographical TV film "Prestige". Russell said Carpenter was brought to Elvis after he had already dedicated himself, so the actor and the director happened. However, they wanted to work together, with Russell saying that we "learned language very quickly with each other." The couple decided to work on another project as soon as possible. "Let's do this again," Russell recalls told Carpenter, "but with something that is completely ours."

After Russell took over the fast mourning in Australia (he traveled a lot to work), he called on Carpenter and they were on the same page. Carpenter found a "New York escape", and the couple moved quickly to do so. This was a joint project through and through. Russell knew that no one other than a carpenter would think of throwing him in the role as a Snake Pliscan, which put him in a unique position. As Russell recalls:

"I said," I know what I would like to do with you. " And he said, "I got it. So I read it and said, 'This is True What I want to do. It's something I know I can do. (S) I know that no one will think of me except for you, he. (The studio) wanted Charlie Bronson to do it, and Johnon fought for me. Several times in my life, I had to read something - 'Tombstone ' It was so - and I just said, "I would like to do it."

"Tomb", of course, was a hit in 1993 Western in which Russell played Wyatt ERP.

Russell and Carpenter would work again at "The Thing" in 1982, "Great Trouble in Little China" in 1986, and "Escape from LA" in 1996. It was a creative profitable partnership. A good thing is never approaching Bronson.