The 1994 cult film may be remembered for its behind-the-scenes tragedy, but it's also a testament to the charismatic star at the center of it.
, audiences silently shivered. All of us who saw the anticipated comic-book action movie when it opened on the weekend of May 13th, 1994, understood that the line was in reference to the film’s main character, Eric Draven. He was a burgeoning rock star who miraculously comes back to life a year after he and his fiancée are murdered in cold blood by local thugs, with his resurrection allowing him to avenge their deaths.
“I was being too self-destructive in my life and I needed to do something like get it down on paper or something or I was going to end up dead,” O’Barr, later adding, “I worked on it off and on for, like, six years in 15-to-20 page increments. It was really difficult to work on. It was painful to go back to that. I never really thought about selling it. It was more for myself.
Brandon Lee impressed director Alex Proyas with his approach to Eric, understanding the unique opportunity this character had been given. On March 19th, 1993, shortly before his death, Lee spoke about’s deeper themes. “ou tend to take a great deal for granted, because you feel like you’re going to live forever,” he. “It’s only if you lose a friend, or maybe have a near-death experience, many events and people in your life suddenly attain real significance.
Lee’s death was horrible enough, but there was an extra layer of stark irony: He and his fiancée, Eliza Hutton, were due to be married shortly after production wrapped. James O’Barr, who had createdout of his own grief, was sickened by the sense of déjà vu. “When Brandon died I had a very, very hard time,” hearound the time of the film’s release. “The feelings of guilt and responsibility were enormous.
Especially in light of Hutchins’ passing, the people behind the new version would understandably want to do everything they can to distance themselves from the 1994 film. But that’s simply impossible. Watchnow, and you see an actor who was just starting out, eager to prove himself and escape the shadow of a father he adored. “If the people we love are stolen from us,” the movie’s closing voiceover suggests, “the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.
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