Speed (1994), the lack of Speed 3, plus director Dave Green on the Coyote Vs Acme saga
About this episode
This episode discusses the making of the action classic Speed, the absence of a Speed 3, and features an interview with director Dave Green about Coyote Vs Acme.
1994's Speed may now be regarded as an action classic, but the original idea was a bus that didn't go above 20mph, in a film called Minimum Speed. Sat for a late summer release in 1994, things changed after a really successful test screening - and Keanu Reeves' haircut! - but it'd gone over a lot of hurdles to get to that point. Plus: where's Speed 3?! In the second half of this episode, director Dave Green joins Simon to chat about the terrific Coyote Vs Acme, a film that very, very nearly didn't exist... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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