Well, that’s the thing about Tuco. He’s not so much a badass as he is a smartass. Danny Trejo is great in everything I’ve seen him in, but I actually think Cheech Marin would make a better Tuco than Trejo, though Cheech isn’t quite right either.
That’d be cool. I’d totally watch that, though I think Chow Yun Fat would completely alter the tenor of the movie. After all, Tuco’s character is “The Ugly.”
Now that’s brilliant. I wonder if there might be a way to make it remotely plausible: Halle Berry playing an escaped slave turned corrupt bounty hunter and double-crosser who could conceivably earn the nickname “Ugly.” There’s a writing challenge I would relish!
It’s been ages since I’ve seen either, as well. I imagine one could easily turn my critique of Carpenter’s onto Nyby’s. After all, most of the performers in that one do little but exude a square 50’s professionalism, but that one relies much more on people working together as a unit, so personality is less important.
I agree. There is probably a painful early time when the memories of the “original” (the movie is hardly ever the first incarnation of characters like this…) are tarnished by some whippersnapper, but as more and more actors take up the mantle, I think it dilutes the pain, and the character rises above a specific portrayal, and then it becomes fun to see who will fill the shoes next.
