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Timothy Olyphant Talks Hitman
By Fred Topel | Image property of 20th Century Fox.
Hitman
Timothy Olyphant is here to set the record straight about rumors going around about the Hitman movie. Yes, there have been reshoots, but no, director Xavier Gens has not been fired.
Olyphant on Hitman Rumors
"He is involved," said Olyphant. "He’s very involved. I saw him when I was there. He did not direct the re-shoots, but I don’t know what Fox’s position is on that. Maybe he did direct the re-shoots? I heard that talk that he was fired and I kept saying I was trying to get that guy fired for months. They finally fired him? F*ck! I was saying forever, ‘He doesn’t speak English, doesn’t anyone see that as a problem?’ We did this kick-ass little action sequence in there, a couple little touch-up’s and stuff, and little bits and little inserts. It’s lovely to have that luxury. Then we had this action sequence that we sort of added."
All of this came together very quickly for Olyphant. At the beginning of 2007, he was not even signed on officially. "Apparently, that’s the way they do things around here. Die Hard, I wasn’t as much a part of it, but it felt like similar in scale, how fast it was shot. I was shooting Die Hard in January and it’s coming out on DVD in a couple weeks, so that’s impressive. But I think at that time, there were conversations happening, but it certainly wasn’t set in stone. I hadn’t met Xavier at that time. I didn’t commit to the film until Xavier and I talked. But it happened fast."
Olyphant did not become an avid video gamer to play the iconic console killer. He did his research the old fashioned way. "The lovely thing about the internet, as you lovely people know; there’s a wealth of information there. However factual I’m not sure, but there is a wealth of information. And it felt like we did, based on what I read and what I understand, a good job of honoring and paying tribute to the game, but at the same time we weren’t really slaves to it. It was a nice place to work from. Xavier was a big fan of the game, a big gamer in general. He got really involved and was really adamant about certain things that were reflected in the game. I also just thought that other than the imagery I saw, there were a lot of things that once we got our hands on the script that Xavier and I both saw eye to eye on. It’s hard to tell what came first, whether we read about something in the game that inspired choices that were made or whether they were choices we wanted to do that were also reflected in the game. We were conscious to it the whole time."
The actor still has mere stubble on his head from reshaving it for the reshoots. "It’s a little chilly. It’s a little chilly, yeah, but it came with the part."
Hitman opens to theaters on November 21st.
For the trailers, poster, stills and more movie info, go to the Hitman
Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of 20th Century Fox.
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