MTV News sprak met Sharlto Copley (Distric 9, 2009) en vroeg hem naar Spike Lee's Old Boy remake, waarin de acteur de villain speelt. Hij antwoordde als volgt:
"They've been very true to the spirit of it. It's dark, it's gritty. They're not sort of softening it, which to me was important. And I'm very excited about that movie. I'm very excited about working with Spike and with Josh. I think it's going to be a film that is really worth redoing and make that idea that is such an unbelievable story accessible to maybe more people than it was originally."
Hieronder de trailer voor de originele film uit 2003: