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A Cut Escape From New York Scene Would’ve Totally Changed Snake Plisskin
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
Snake Plissken, the protagonist of John Carpenter’s dystopian film, “Escape from New York,” is forced to go on a mission to save the president from prison.
Snake is portrayed as being heartless and indifferent. However, star Russell Crowe told GQ that a cut opening scene would have shown the character's compassion.
Crowe explained, “It was a train station sequence sort of establishing the character of Snake. And he had a partner, and he got shot, and Snake actually ran back to help him.”
The actor continued, “It was a redeeming quality is what we were showing there. John Carpenter decided, correctly so, that Snake didn't have any redeeming qualities.”
Snake's heist partner is Bill Taylor, who goes unmentioned for the rest of the film. If the heist scene did happen, it would have shown the only time Snake smiles.