New York, October 2, 2007 – Michael Caine insists that the new movie Sleuth is not a remake of his 1972 classic.  “Jude Law brought me a script”, Caine told us at the premiere on Tuesday.  “What he brought was a completely new movie by Harold Pinter.”  So Law felt no trepidation in reprising Caine’s role. “If it hadn’t felt like such a new look at the original concept – two men fighting over a woman – I don’t think Michael would have gotten involved”, Law said.  “So I don’t feel like I was treading on his toes any more than he felt like he was treading on Laurence Olivier’s”. 

Sreenwriter Pinter is known to be something of a recluse, but Sleuth brought him out of the house, director Kenneth Branagh told us.  “He was very, very much involved with read-through and then rehearsals, and he came to shooting.  He was very much a strong collaborator in the whole thing.”

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