Jeff Bridges is open to a “Big Lebowski” remake, but only under one condition — he has to be in it.
Variety caught up with the actor Saturday night at the premiere of his latest film, “Bad Times at the El Royale,” where Bridges reflected on the 20th anniversary of the cult hit. The “Only the Brave” star was amused at the thought of a “Big Lebowski” remake. Would he be interested?
“Yeah, if I was in it!” he said with a laugh.
“So many things flash,” he said, when asked about any memorable moments from filming “Big Lebowski.”
“I’m thinking of the day that I invited my wife to come, and my girls, to come visit me on set,” he said, launching into a story about a particularly memorable prank the cast had played on him. As he does with all of his films, Bridges was taking photos on set that day.
“It was the day that I was to be pulled on a little skateboard underneath all these bowling pin careens and looking up at the vaginas as I passed.” Bridges’ wife Susan, standing beside him, told him to use the word “crotch” instead.
“I asked if I could take a picture, this is a good photo opportunity, and she said to me, ‘By all means do,’” he said. “So I get on my skateboard and I look up and I see these…tufts…bundles of pubic hair.”
“And I learned that they had all played a joke on The Dude, had stuffed their crotches,” Bridges said.
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