In an interview with IGN, director Colin Trevorrow revealed that BD Wong, who played Dr. Henry Wu in Jurassic Park, is coming back for the franchise relaunch. Why him and not one of the bigger stars? Put simply, it made sense for the story....
Trevorrow: "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,
underappreciated. We think there’s more to his story." To me that sounds like Wu may have a sinister motive and could be causing some trouble. This also proves there will be more of a connecting thread between the movies than we thought.
Trevorrow also went on to talk about how he plans to differentiate his film from the ones that came before...
Trevorrow: "I’m not on a mission to separate this film from the ones that came before. That will happen naturally – I have different instincts. But, like a lot of people my age, I grew up on Amblin movies. They’re a part of who I am as a filmmaker, and arguably as a person. This film will have a lot of new ideas in it, but I think the spirit will be familiar. It will have an old soul."
Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015 and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
