Remakers Mark 4, Part 2 {The Usual Suspects}: Keyser Soze as Dread Pirate Roberts

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The Usual Suspects:
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In Part 2 of our discussion of The Usual Suspects, we wonder how exactly one makes a twist ending for a remake, talk about alternative filming and editorial techniques we could use to update the story, and talk about Keyser Soze existing as simply an idea in the age of internet fact checking and Snopes.com.

Major Characters:

Todd Hockney – originally played by Kevin Pollak

• Our choice for the recast role: Casey Affleck

Michael McManus – originally played by Stephen Baldwin

• Our choice for the recast role: Guy Pearce

Dave Kujan – originally played by Chazz Palminteri

• Our choice for the recast role: John Cusack

Dean Keaton – originally played by Gabriel Byrne

• Our choice for the recast role: Simon Baker

Rober ‘Verbal’ Kint – originally played by Kevin Spacey

• Our choice for the recast role: Jackie Earle Haley

Links Discussed:

The Ring
Memento
The Descent
V For Vendetta
The Sixth Sense
Jacob’s Ladder
Fight Club
Identity
The Fourth Kind
Mulholland Dr.
Psycho (remake)
Planet of the Apes (remake)