Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Too Old To Die Young’ Features 10 90-Minute Episodes
By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 4, 2019 3:00 pm EST
In other words, Refn hasn’t made a series of TV episodes – he’s made essentially 10 feature films. This could be either very impressive, or very frustrating, depending on how the material turns out. Either way, I’m intrigued. I’m a big Refn fan, and if he’s managed to somehow make 10 90-minute episodes that hold my interest, I’ll be thrilled.
“For me the biggest change is just the endurance to do what I think of as a ten-hour movie – or a 16-hour movie in the case of To Old To Die Young. It’s ten episodes that are around 90 minutes a piece.”
The Drive and Neon Demon filmmaker has assembled a cast that includes Miles Teller, Billy Baldwin, Jena Malone, John Hawkes, Cristina Rodlo, Augusto Aguilera, Nell Tiger Free, Babs Olusanmokun, Callie Hernandez, to tell a story about “a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teen killers.” Refn co-wrote the series with Ed Brubaker.
When interviewed about the show in October 2018, Brubaker said:
