Cox talks REPO MAN sequel, slams Estevez

In a new interview on the Austin Decider website, Repo Man director Alex Cox recounts a number of his failed projects and saves me from having to write a Neverwas column about them. (Click the image at left to buy Repo Man on DVD.) But he also has some rather harsh words for Repo Man star Emilio Estevez:

"Michael Nesmith and the producers of Repo Man proposed this sequel to Repo Man to Universal about 12 or 13 years ago. The weirdest thing is Universal never got back to us, so we raised the money independently. It was kind of hard to raise money for a film with Emilio Estevez, because his career as an actor hadn’t been very illustrious. Peter McCarthy, one of the producers of Repo Man, worked and worked and was finally able to put together a deal. Then, suddenly, Emilio Estevez just dropped out, and from then all the energy just fell out of it."

Estevez later wrote a rebuttal to Cox's comments:

"Obviously Mr. Cox is feeling snubbed by me, as I have passed on participating not only in his Repo Man sequel, but on most other events related to the film as well, be they film fest retrospectives, re-release of the DVD with actor's commentary, and many other gatherings to celebrate the film. I remain proud of Repo Man, but my focus is on what's ahead of me, not what's in my rearview mirror."

We previously reported on Repo Chick, which Cox describes as "not a sequel, but it is set in the same environment—in the same economic crisis, only worse."

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