Why Jack Huston will save The Crow legacy.

  Since the very notion of a Crow reboot began, the biggest question was who would claim the mantle of the dark avenger: Eric Draven. In a previous post I gave many names that could do the character justice but now relatively unknown actor has emerged and has officially landed the leading role, this actor's name is Jack Huston. 


  Many will wonder why has he been chosen above all other possible candidates. Jack Huston may appear as a new comer but he's actually been plenty of well known movie and TV shows. His first well known movie was playing the warrior Ulfric in the Sci-Fi Viking fantasy Outlander with Jim Caviezel and Ron Perlman, He also starred in American Hustle alongside Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as the rich playboy Pete Musane, and of course he played the disfigured Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire (to the right) the role that revealed how versatile Huston can be. 
  

  Too truly capture the spirit of The Crow the director Corin Hardy must have the right vision to perform this action, this entails translating the poetic symbolism to the big screen and this can only be achieved by having an actor that can portray the character of Eric Draven. the main character in The Crow comic is a living metaphor of the author James O'Barr's negative emotions when he was going through his turmoil's. Eric Draven is basically a walking mess of emotions and the only thing keeping him going is to bring vengeance to the group of men that took away the one thing mattered most to him; his beloved fiancée Shelly Webster. 

  The good news is that Jack Huston has proven that he can perform in different surroundings and styles,Huston's performance in Outlander shows that he's not afraid to do something radical and be able to flourish in it, even with a huge chunk of metal on his face his acting in Boardwalk Empire made him the secret hero of the series and had every fan rooting for him (including myself).  

  Don't misunderstand me, i'm not saying Huston will out perform Brandon Lee's performance, but we're actually talking about two very different movies, the 1994 rendition of The Crow was a rushed production that was filled with issues, time constraints and the writers were forced to change the script so much that it didn't really follow the comic book, but what the movie writers did was grab the best parts of the comic and make a damn good movie out of the parts. 

  Corin Hardy has stated that his Crow Reboot will follow the source material to the best of their abilities and stay true to spirit of James O'Barr creation, and by hiring Jack Huston the Hardy has a damn good chance at performing such a feat.