I just approached it totally with zero expectations. But I have no idea what the future holds with that. I thought the scene I was in was a visual masterpiece. I've done some big things when it comes to green screen but seeing how James Cameron's team works was mind boggling. It didn't quite work out, but then he called me up when they were in production and said, "There's this role, it's a little small on paper but if this thing blows up I'll need someone who I can rely on when we revisit it." And I was like, "F- man, of course!" For Robert Rodriguez, I'm going to go down there and do it. He and I got to know each other a little and we were trying to see if there was a way for me to fit into the movie. I actually think I read for a couple of parts. Was that how it was pitched to you?Ĭourtney: It was interesting. What Robert Rodriguez has said is this was a tease to introduce your character, and then in a sequel there would be more focus put on Jashugan. But we only got a very brief glimpse of you playing him in the movie. You were in “Alita: Battle Angel” playing Jashugan, who in the mangas is a motorball legend. Guerrasio: This is not the only time we've seen you in a movie this year. It was really interesting playing a father. I know I've done a lot of action stuff but I was actively pursuing material that can change that mold a little, and I think the producers recognized that and wanted to give me a shot. Guerrasio: Seeing you are known more for action movies, did you have to sell the director and producers that you could play a character like Hideaway?Ĭourtney: They actually came to me, so that was nice. This is a father and son in the 1950s who have retreated into the fringes of society, running away from the injustices of the world, and I think that changes Hideaway's emotions. He's not mean to his kid, but he's in his own world and it's a different kind of love. But I don't think Hideaway is like that to a point where the relationship with Michael is broken. We didn't explore that much in this adaptation, but there's definitely a tough love aspect. I realized that back then I was much more in line with how young Michael saw his dad. Different from how I approached the material now. Guerrasio: So back as a kid, what did you think of the Hideaway Tom character?Ĭourtney: It's interesting, seeing it through the lens of a child, Hideaway felt a little more grizzly - a little meaner. Jason Guerrasio: It sounds like having grown up in Australia you were familiar with the 1976 movie and the book as a kid. In fact, one of the most touching moments is when Hideaway Tom opens his soul about his relationship with his son to one of the pelicans.īusiness Insider talked to Courtney about working across real-life pelicans, his journey to find more diverse roles to play, why he agreed to the very brief role of Jashugan in “Alita: Battle Angel,” and if he’ll return for the “Suicide Squad” sequel directed by James Gunn. The movie’s core is the relationship that’s built between Tom and his son Michael (Finn Little) and the pelicans they raise after the pelicans' mother is killed by a hunter (the pelicans in the movie were trained since birth to star in this movie). The story follows a young boy who lives on a remote coast off the Southern Ocean with his father, known by the name “Hideaway Tom." In the latest adaptation, director Shawn Seet cast Courtney in the Hideaway Tom role, in which he plays the character with a powerful vulnerability he has never shown on screen before. Written by Colin Thiele in 1964, it’s required reading throughout the country in grade schools, and was adapted into a feature film in 1976. “Storm Boy” (in theaters Friday) is a classic in Courtney's native Australia.
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