‘The Crow’ Star Bill Skarsgard Says Stepping Into The Role Of Eric Draven Was “Daunting” But The Film Is “So Different” From Brandon Lee’s: “We Were Not Remaking That Movie”
Like the protagonist Eric Draven, The Crow, a 1994 film remake, is at last ready for the big screen after ten years in limbo between the living and the dead. After the late Brandon Lee and The Crying Freeman himself, Mark Dacascos, Bill Skarsgard plays him this time, becoming the third person to don
In Miramax Films’ The Crow (1994), Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) instructs Funboy (Michael Masse) to say his prayers.
Skarsgard reminded People, “So I’m not the first one to fill those shoes,” alluding to Dacascos in the TV series Crow: Stairway To Heaven as well as the previous sequels, City of Angels, Salvation, and Wicked Prayer.
Although all of those were not well received, Lee’s final performance is the one that everyone remembers.
“A horrible incident involving Brandon, a legendary performance,” Skarsgard remarked.
According to Skarsgard, doing the role right means eschewing Lee’s performance and taking a completely different approach—that is, not replicating the original—which confuses the notion that this Crow is a remake.
