Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant Adds Cast
It’s safe to say that the announcement that Werner Herzog would be directing a remake, some people are calling it a continuation, of The Bad Lieutenant with Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes, surprised a lot of people. The project is getting ready to kick off later this summer and as a result, we’re starting to get a few more casting announcements.
According to Empire, the cast has grown exponentially to include a number of small names and two biggies namely Val Kilmer, who will play the partner of Cage’s eponymous crooked cop, along with the fabulous Fairuza Balk.
Never having seen it, I’m not familiar with the original other than to know it was rated NC-17 and that it was a favourite pass time of partner and his buddies to try sneaking into see this, finally succeeding only to be thrown out during the apparently gruesome rape scene. I feel like I should probably give this a watch but I’m not sure if that’s completely necessary. I’m open to persuasion either way.
