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‘Alien: Earth’ Star Shares Bold Take on Hollywood’s Reboot Craze<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Fans of edgy TV series might know Timothy Olyphant<\/strong> best from Deadwood<\/em> or maybe Justified<\/em>. In fact, the Emmy-nominated actor, 57, later revisited his characters from both these shows in follow-up projects \u2014 a trend that seems to have become all the more in Hollywood these days.<\/p>\n It has even become a source of contention, the notion of constantly rebooting classic shows and movies instead of creating new content for the masses. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, Olyphant offered his own take on the matter.<\/p>\n “Every experience I\u2019ve had revisiting characters or working with the same people again, I\u2019m batting a thousand in terms of it being really gratifying. I highly recommend it,” the longtime actor said. “And I don\u2019t have a problem with people remaking or rebooting things. I mean, everybody goes to Broadway to see the same couple plays every few years. It\u2019s such a dumb, shallow argument to say Hollywood has no new ideas just because they\u2019re rebooting things.”<\/p>\n Olyphant spoke out while promoting his upcoming FX series Alien: Earth<\/em>, out Aug. 12, which is itself a reboot of sorts \u2014 continuing on the sci-fi franchise that all started with Ridley Scott<\/strong>‘s groundbreaking film from 1979. Olyphant offered additional thoughts to THR<\/em> on the reboot craze, adding in a signature splash of humor that has made the performer such a magnetic presence on screen over the years.<\/p>\n “Ralph Fiennes is doing Hamlet<\/em> again? Hasn\u2019t that been done?” he said with a laugh. “I\u2019m not comparing what we\u2019re doing on the Disney lot with Hamlet<\/em>, but why not revisit stories? If someone wants to redo something, God bless \u2019em. Just do something new with it. If I\u2019m not mistaken, that Luke Skywalker guy is reminiscent of a Bible story that everybody likes. I think Iron Man went into a cave and came out reborn, too. I wonder if that\u2019s why it works so well? You know what? If we do another Raylan story [from Justified<\/em>], I\u2019m putting that f—er in a cave and he\u2019s coming out reborn.”<\/p>\n