Director JesseVJohnson (White Elephant) talks to Bleeding Cool about his latest Western in Lionsgate's OneRanger & his love for the genre. ThomasJane DominiqueTipper JohnMalkovich Interview
) to bring the outlaw to justice — dead or alive. The writer-director spoke with Bleeding Cool about the inspiration behind the film and his admiration for the Western genre, no matter how many write it off.Jesse Johnson on How the Texas Rangers Led to 'One Ranger': I used to do stunts, and I did a TV show called 'Walker Texas Ranger.' Quite a few episodes of that fly you in. I saw a statue of Captain [Bill] McDonald, who's this incredible legendary Texas Ranger.
I didn't realize then that those guys are still out there amongst us. They're one of the most advanced law enforcement agencies there are. They are the guys you go to if you have a problem that regular law enforcement can't handle. You go to the Texas Rangers. They're the superheroes, elite warriors, and special forces. They're tough to get in. There's a line; the attrition rate in trying to join is high. It's like joining the Green Berets or the SAS in England.
That was interesting. As you scratch away and you read about various heroes, I wanted to do something. I'm also an Englishman living in America for almost 30 years and have an excellent affinity for fish-out-of-water stories. I'm a huge fan of Don Siegel, so I had seen 'Coogan's Bluff' , where Clint Eastwood was an Arizona Ranger sent to San Francisco. Brannigan is John Wayne, a Chicago cop in London.
As an English person, I'll say that the cowboy genre, the Western genre, typifies the American challenge, the American dream, more than any other genre. It is the American frontier mentality. It's the basis for the American character, whether you like it or not. They said the Western genre was dead in 1939, and it was done. There weren't going to be any more cowboy movies. John Ford made 'Stagecoach' ; it's alive again. This has been recurring every 8-10 years since then.
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