![]() But we only got a very brief glimpse of you playing him in the movie. You were in “Alita: Battle Angel” playing Jashugan, who in the mangas is a motorball legend. Guerrasio: This is not the only time we've seen you in a movie this year. It was really interesting playing a father. I know I've done a lot of action stuff but I was actively pursuing material that can change that mold a little, and I think the producers recognized that and wanted to give me a shot. Guerrasio: Seeing you are known more for action movies, did you have to sell the director and producers that you could play a character like Hideaway?Ĭourtney: They actually came to me, so that was nice. This is a father and son in the 1950s who have retreated into the fringes of society, running away from the injustices of the world, and I think that changes Hideaway's emotions. He's not mean to his kid, but he's in his own world and it's a different kind of love. But I don't think Hideaway is like that to a point where the relationship with Michael is broken. We didn't explore that much in this adaptation, but there's definitely a tough love aspect. I realized that back then I was much more in line with how young Michael saw his dad. Different from how I approached the material now. Guerrasio: So back as a kid, what did you think of the Hideaway Tom character?Ĭourtney: It's interesting, seeing it through the lens of a child, Hideaway felt a little more grizzly - a little meaner. Jason Guerrasio: It sounds like having grown up in Australia you were familiar with the 1976 movie and the book as a kid. In fact, one of the most touching moments is when Hideaway Tom opens his soul about his relationship with his son to one of the pelicans.īusiness Insider talked to Courtney about working across real-life pelicans, his journey to find more diverse roles to play, why he agreed to the very brief role of Jashugan in “Alita: Battle Angel,” and if he’ll return for the “Suicide Squad” sequel directed by James Gunn. The movie’s core is the relationship that’s built between Tom and his son Michael (Finn Little) and the pelicans they raise after the pelicans' mother is killed by a hunter (the pelicans in the movie were trained since birth to star in this movie). The story follows a young boy who lives on a remote coast off the Southern Ocean with his father, known by the name “Hideaway Tom." In the latest adaptation, director Shawn Seet cast Courtney in the Hideaway Tom role, in which he plays the character with a powerful vulnerability he has never shown on screen before. Written by Colin Thiele in 1964, it’s required reading throughout the country in grade schools, and was adapted into a feature film in 1976. A good message, sure, but this is pretty heavy-handed.“Storm Boy” (in theaters Friday) is a classic in Courtney's native Australia. On the other hand, it exists to deliver a subtle-as-a-flying-mallet message about protecting the environment. ![]() On the one hand, Geoffrey Rush, as the grown-up and grown-old Mike, is terrific as a rich old coot who’s forgotten how to live. We get to them by way of a framing device that doesn’t exist in Colin Thiele’s novel or the 1976 film. The core story involves a boy named Mike (Finn Little), who lives on the extremely remote Ninety Mile Beach in rural Australia with his father, a loner known as Hideaway Tom (Jai Courtney). ![]() But director Shawn Seet’s film is surprisingly sweet and moving. Whatever the answer to that question, it’s easy to be cynical about and wary of another film about a boy and his - no kidding - pelican. Why? Why does anything get made again? Maybe it’s to make more money, maybe it’s because someone thinks there’s something new to say (and in this version, there is). “Storm Boy” is a beloved Australian film based on a beloved Australian novel - and now the film is getting a remake.
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