Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow has been speaking to IGN about the upcoming fourth entry in the popular dino series. You can read the whole interview here, but the main piece of information regards casting, and who will or won’t be returning to the franchise. Trevorrow has this to say:
“I know a lot of fans want to see the original characters back. They’re iconic. But I respect those actors too much to shoehorn them into this story for my own sentimental reasons. Jurassic Park isn’t about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation. The only reason they’d go back to that island is if the screenwriters contrived a reason for them to go. But there is a character from the first film who makes sense in our world. This hasn’t been announced yet, but BD Wong will be returning as Dr. Henry Wu. He had a much larger role in the original novel, he was the engineer of this breakthrough in de-extinction. He spent two decades living in Hammond’s shadow, under appreciated. We think there’s more to his story.”
So then….Dr Wu! That’s quite a turn up. He had a big part in the original novel, yet disappeared as soon as the storm hit in the film. Very cool to hear of the respect Trevorrow has for the property. With one returning character and rising star Chris Pratt (The LEGO Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy) on board, this could the second good Jurassic film.
Jurassic World is set for release next summer.
Originally published March 18, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
