James Paxton will star in the upcoming Western, Last Train to Fortune, which the late Bill Paxton was originally meant to appear in during the 1990s. Bill, who died from a stroke aged 61 in 2017, has featured in countless classics over his decorated career including Twister , Titanic , Aliens and Apollo 13. But there was one project that he was meant to appear in that never quite got off the ground – Last Train to Fortune.
English actor Malcolm McDowell, 81, has now revealed that the project (decades in the making) will premiere this autumn with one crucial difference. James, 30, will play outlaw Jedidiah Dooley in place of his father. ‘I said, “I’ve always loved that script.
It’s such a beautiful script, really. Why don’t we get James Paxton to do it?” He’d be the same age as his dad was, almost. A little bit younger, but even better,’ the Time After Time star recalled.
Malcolm initially intended to make the film with director Lindsay Anderson in the early 1990s opposite the late actor. Lindsay died in 1994 before production could begin. He continued to People : ‘We did a read-through at my house and I think everybody went “Wow.
” It’s pretty good when you hear it aloud for the first time.’ He also described James as ‘level-headed’. ‘Of course, [there is] the weight of his dad, but that’s every day in life he’s had that, and he’s a very fine young actor,’ he added.
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