Jake Busey has revealed some interesting things about
The Predator in an interview with MEAWW:
About Jake being asked to appear in 'The Predator':
- JAKE: "I am really fortunate that the director asked for me to do it because he wanted to have a referential moment and integrate Predator 2 with The Predator. But in the end, they cut all my interesting stuff and most importantly the references to my dad."
Apparently the filmed tribute scene Jake was referring to is a picture of his father Gary Busey as Peter Keyes, appearing on the tablet Casey was swiping in the lab, followed by Traeger calling Peter "
One of the founders of the Stargate." *I assume he meant Stargazer
- JAKE: "It was the moment in the lab when she looks at the picture of my dad, as Peter Keyes, and then looks up at me, and gets this look of recognition on her face. The audience would have gotten to see my dad and me in the same frame and the tongue in cheek aspect of it, that both of us were of the same age when we filmed the Predator movies. The reason why they cut it all out is because (the studio) did not understand how cool it was."
About another cut scene:
- JAKE: "You know in the decontamination chamber, where Olivia and I go right after her character is introduced, I just had a fun moment where I pretended I was getting electrocuted, like I just go into convulsions and waved my arms around; it was a funny moment where the crew members laughed and scared the crap out of Olivia. It was really a funny moment and the audience applauded, but the scene was cut."
And here's a strange comment about Olivia Munn demanding extra money for going topless in the decontamination scene, yet she didn't appear topless in the movie.
- JAKE: "She decided she wanted $22,000 out of the blue. You know, for doing something that was in the script from the beginning".
Here's a link to the interview:
https://meaww.com/jake-busey-tribute-to-gary-busey-deleted-in-predator-predator-2*Edit
