When Jake Busey was announced as part of the cast of The Predator, fans started speculating that he may be playing a relation of Peter Keyes from Predator 2, a character portrayed by Jake’s father, Gary Busey.
In a recent interview with The Red Booth, Jake confirmed that the character he was playing was indeed the son of Peter Keyes!
“He [Shane Black] called me and he said “hey, you wanna do this movie? We don’t have money for you but it’ll be a fun thing to come play and be your father’s son. And so as much as I have followed in my Dad’s footsteps career-wise, this is like really following in his footsteps by playing a character who is the son of the character he played. And I don’t think there would be any other forum where I would do that. I think this is the one thing.”
They start talking The Predator at 06:50 until 11:30 and while Jake doesn’t go on to talk about The Predator in too much detail he confirms he was on-set shooting for 3 weeks and that his character was a scientist.
Jake also goes on to add that “if you liked the very first movie a lot, you’ll really like this one. This one has a lot of essence of the first movie.”
Jake Busey shared a picture of himself in costume from the set of The Predator.
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it came true 9 years later. i love the fact that they are not dismissing predator 2 it was a great movie,& leaps and bounds better than predators
It seems like they learned in the past about giving away any information or pictures. Probably to keep fans guessing and speculating. It seems like if they release set pics or any pics, especially a trailer, the fans can sometimes figure out the plot and pick it apart.
The OWLF stuff is a great thread for the franchise.
Full circle, baby.
I've always liked Jake Busey even when he was only in minor roles.
Anyway, Jake Busey could not have played anyone else, I mean he looks almost exactly like his father.
Private jet rides
Kraft food service
An assitant
Beautiful canada
Free place to sleep
And get's to play and have fun being an actor in a predator movie for three weeks hanging out with shane black
And he will have screen time putting his face up in what might be the biggest and best film he will ever star in
Leading to possibly landing other acting gigs as a direct result of having this role in "the predator"
It is a win win
They don't have the money.....but From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series did? He was on that show for more than a couple of episodes, right?
Spoiler
As a fan of P2 i'm really loving this.
The script that leaked was 10 months old by the time they started filming and had likely been revised quite a few times since it was written.
Thanks for sharing ace3g. Will front-page this shortly.