Point Break Remake: Ray Winstone Joins Gerard Butler And Luke Bracey! Actor Will Play Gary Busey’s Previous Role, Producer Says ‘The Narrative Of The Movie Is Different’

Ray Winstone is all set to star in the Point Break remake! After playing the role of Tubal-Cain in the recently released film Noah, the actor will now have to prepare for his new role in the remake of the classic surfing film.

The 57-year old actor will play Gary Busey's previous role in the original Kathryn Bigelow movie. Gary starred as FBI agent Angelo Pappas, who is the partner of Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) in the 1991 film.

Angelo Pappas was the first person to create a theory that the bank robbers called The Ex-Presidents are surfers. Johnny was asked to go undercover so he can infiltrate the surf scene in Los Angeles. That's where he met the charismatic surfer named Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).

In the Point Break remake, Aussie actor Luke Bracey will star as the new Johnny Utah while Gerard Butler is slated to play the role of Bodhi. Since the three main characters will be returning in the reboot of the movie, some people assume that the story will be the same.

However, producers are planning some serious changes from the 90's cult flick as they try to make it different from the original, according to Variety. The bank robbers were called The Ex-Presidents because they wear rubbery masks based on former US presidents while robbing banks.

In the original Point Break, the robbers were masked to look like Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. Movie producer Broderick Johnson revealed to Collider that he may add more political figures into the mix. He said, "Well, I think you've also got to throw in Merkel and maybe Putin, and a couple new people in there." Johnson added, "Maybe we'll put Nixon in there as a little throwback."

Johnson also admitted, "It's tricky. We've thought about this a lot because the world of remaking movies, in truth, is a pretty risky proposition. A lot of them don't work, as we have been regularly reminded."

So what is new in Point Break remake? The movie producer said, "The script only shares in common with the original the characters and the nature of the character dynamic between Utah and Bodhi and their relationship. Everything else about the movie is different."

That's good to know because people will end up comparing the original (and more successful) surfing film to the new wannabe surfing film. Johnson affirms, "The narrative of the movie is different. While we do have surfing in the film, it is only a subset of the extreme sports that we deal with, including free-climbing, motocross, wing-suiting and so forth."

Would the Point Break remake end up more of an action film rather than an authentic surfing film?