The Harry Potter star has refused to rule out resurrecting the Boy Who Lived,while Hathaway is keen to pull on Catwoman’s leathers once more. Both should proceed with cautionWhen a 53-year-aged Sean Connery resurrected the role of James Bond in 1983 after a 12-year break, even the title of the movie in which the debonaire Scotsman strapped on his Walther PPK and took on the forces of Spectre one final time seemed to tip at the project’s questionable nature. Never Say Never Again turned out to be a decent enough revival for Connery; certainly preferable to Octopussy, and the official Eon-produced Bond film that emerged the same year with an even older Roger Moore as 007. But the history of Hollywood icons digging up the roles that made them well-known and applying spark plugs hasn’t always been as laudable.
Harrison Ford gave Star Wars: The Force Awakens a kind of gnarly,yet soulful gravitas final year as the returning space scoundrel Han Solo. But he wasn’t quite so good when nuking the fridge in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal cranium. Sylvester Stallone won widespread compliment, and an Oscar nomination, and for his return to the role of aged blue-collar brawler Rocky Balboa in Creed,but fans of the one-time heavyweight champ had to sit through at least three featherweight Rocky instalments before being treated to one final knockout uppercut. Related: Daniel Radcliffe: ‘If people are speculating about your sexuality, then you’re doing OK’ Related: Anne Hathaway: five best moments Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com