Almost 30 years have passed since Starship Troopers It became an absolute failure at the box office. Yes, you have read well, the 1997 film cost $ 100 million at the time, but won alone 54.8 million dollars in its original premiere. Although it is true that time would be good with her.
Directed by Paul Verhoevenresponsible for films such as Total challenge o Robocop, Starship Troopepers (space brigades) It took to see how his level of military satire pumped among the spectators, but little by little, the message fell.
Turned into one of the great satires of the nineties, Starship Troopers has reached the status of cult film And, by extension, his stars are common in the great conventions.
This leads us to the C2E2 2025, where several cast members participated in a very interesting panel where they shared their impressions during the filming of Paul Verhoeven’s film.
Starship Troopers found success on a very different page from Star Wars
As collected Pop heifers, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey and Casper van Dien They reflected on the impact that the film had and how it differed from their own expectations.
Meyer: “I don’t think any of us thought it would become a cult classic. I think, except Michael [Ironside]who was a veteran actor from the beginning, we were only a group of rookies excited to participate in this production of 100 million dollars with special effects and Paul Verhoeven. We thought it would be a resounding success when it premiered“.
Busey: “We thought we were in the next Star Wars“.
Of that: “We were surprised that some did not care at all“.
Busey: “I sometimes remember that someone began to speak with enthusiasm about whether it would be a great success. You can imagine the excite“.
Tackingly, Starship Troopers It was a failure, but, as we said at the beginning, the film remains in force for its critical capacity and, 28 years later, you are still talking about it and praising its message. Do you want to know more?
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