Josh Olson on EMPEROR OF THE NORTH 

Only place I can think of is the Union Pacific Steam Program

Really? That is some great trivia. (Just watched Poor Pretty Eddie as well)

I only hope your right. Any kind of "remake" would shurly fail, just like "Dark Shadows" and all the rest.

You probably couldn't use the same locomotive today, it's up in Ohio being restored by the Age of Steam Roundhouse under the same guise as it wore in the movie. You probably couldn't either on the line it was on, as it's long gone into the pages of history, much of it is a "Rails to Trails" now.

You could probably get Liam Neeson to be Shack, Chris Pine as Cigarette (or maybe even Ryan Reynolds he can bring some of that pain in the ass from Deadpool not as a comedy, but the attitude), A#1 I'm struggling with a bit, maybe Mads Mikkelsen? I don't think the Hogger, and Coalie are quite as critical, but Cracker is another interesting character... he's a bit of a paper tiger, but when Shack is around, he tones down his balls... Maybe Colin Firth from Kingsman? The hobos you could have a real field day with Akroid, Bill Murry, Chevy Chase, find some older guys that are still with it, and have them hobble around a bit... Could be an interesting project as long as it doesn't go woke...

@@kleetus92 The actors named MIGHT work. I think Mel Gibson could play Shack. Maybe Jeff Bridges could play A#1; I thought Bridges did a good job as Rooster Cogburn in the "True Grit" remake. However, today's Hollywood would screw up any remake of "Emperor of the North" with too much CGI and green screen usage; there'd be no authentic train-fighting hobo scenes and probably no real trains at all.

@@ianbauer4703 Those are two interesting choices as well... never thought of Mel as Shack!

@@kleetus92 Yeah, I think Mel -- who's a greatly underrated actor -- has that tough, leathery look now that he's grown a bit older.

@@ianbauer4703 And he can definitely nail that I am certifiably crazy look too! I'm thinking about some of the stunts he pulled in Lethal Weapon.

+Jack Grattan Getting Bette Davis and Joan Crawford to act together in 'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane' was another accomplishment for Aldrich.

There used to be catwalks on top of freight cars for just that purpose, back then we didn't wrap people in cotton wool.

@@professorjamesmoriarty5191 Yep. the profession was run by real men, not pussies afraid to crack a nail. Not going to deny it was dangerous as hell and many men got hurt, but my grandfather did it to retirement, you just had to be careful, and always know your surroundings.

Christopher Gifford “You had the juice, but not the heart! And those both go together! You’re all gab, and no chew!”

Steven Lang..! Solid choice! But, no, they should never redo this one.

Well done

Queso Blanco I just bought it off Amazon for 9.95 ! March 20th 2021

@@billythekid3234 Thanks for hipping me to that dude!

Borgnine spent about 15 years in the US Navy before and during WWII. He was a CPO, who served in China on the Brown Water Gun Boats in the '30s.

No, no, NO! Absolutely not.

@@frankkolton1780 Why?!?! What’s the reason why the film cannot be remade?

Heck, Marvin played a great version of thenastiest SOB alive in Liberty Valance. Man, he STOLE that one from Stewart,Wayne, AND John Ford.

@@maxthepupp A talented actor. His other major role for Ford was radically different, "Boats" Gilhooley in Donovan's Reef; a comic lead he handled well.

Jeez, I just wrote how I came up blank for the casting of A#1...Armand Assante is an inspired pick! Wish it would have occurred to me!

Or, probably, Russel Crowe as either. Vin Diesel could do Shack, but you would need to explain that the guy is Greek, Sicilian or Lebanese/Syrian (Too big a guy to play a hobo or any other type of itinerant worker). Barry Pepper could probably play A-1, but you would have to set up the character as someone like the guy he played in Saving Private Ryan, a tough, skinny, undersized Audie Murphy kind of guy. Another guy who could play Shack would be Neil McDonaugh, who usually plays more buttoned-down tough guys. After the Battle of LA, I wonder if Arron Eckert couldn't handle A-1. He often plays weaselly-bad guys but the SSgt who was getting ready to retire when all hell breaks lose makes me think he could do it.

+Jeffrey Coogan Not even close.

+Jeffrey Coogan Not even close.

sewwwwwwwwww That's close enough for me and for lot of other people. Those are the two actors I would cast for the roles. If you can think of a better cast for them, I would love to hear it.

Leave well enough alone, Millenial...it's been done to perfection, stop trying to reinvent the wheel.

sewwwwwwwwww I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I was just saying who I think would be a good fit for those characters if they were to do a remake of Empire of the North. BTW. I was born in 1978. Which does not make me a Millennial.