Kurt Russell intrigued by Overboard remake plot twist

Kurt Russell has wished the filmmakers behind the Overboard remake “good luck” after learning of their plans for a gender-bending plot twist.
The actor starred in Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy alongside his real-life girlfriend Goldie Hawn back in 1987, and now the movie is getting a modern revamp thanks to writer/directors Rob Greenberg and Bob Fisher.
The original Overboard starred Goldie as a spoiled rich woman who falls overboard on a yacht and wakes up in hospital with amnesia. A carpenter, played by Kurt, convinces her that she’s his wife and the mother of his kids.
Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez have been tapped to lead the updated version, although this time around, the roles will be reversed, with the Instructions Not Included actor portraying a wealthy Mexican playboy who, after going overboard, wakes up believing he is married to a single mother, played by Anna.
Kurt is not surprised Overboard is being remade for a new generation of film fans, but he warns directors to handle the plot change carefully.
“I think that all remakes face the same challenges, and that is hopefully they can find flaws (in the originals) that they can improve upon, (so) you can find a reason to make the movie,” he explained on U.S. breakfast show Today.
“I understand in the Overboard that they’re talking about making, they’re talking about flipping the characters so I guess (the husband gets dumped overboard). But when you flip the sexuality that way, a lot of challenges arise with it, so I don’t know, good luck!”
And Kurt will be curious to see how the reboot turns out, because the original script was perfectly written: “That one (remake) was interesting to me because Leslie Dixon did a great job of writing a female fantasy and a male fantasy and putting them together in the same movie.”
Kurt and Goldie haven’t worked together on a film since Overboard 30 years ago, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t looking: “I think some time we’ll work together again…,” he said. “We’ve never read things that we really were dying to do, and say, ‘You know what? We should do this together.’ The last one we read was Overboard.”