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The BBC show, running from 1968 to 1977, followed the antics
of an incompetent Home Guard platoon in the fictional English
town of Walmington-on-Sea during World War II.
It is now a TV re-run stalwart.
In the new film, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Gambon,
Bill Nighy and Toby Jones, the platoon is faced with a spy
threat.
Jones, who plays the pompous Captain Mainwaring, said he was not
originally interested in taking part in the reboot until other
cast members were revealed.
"'Good luck with that, I hope it all works out for you. That
sounds like a really bad idea to me. That's my first response to
that," he told Reuters in an interview when asked about when he
first heard about the project.
"(Producers later said) 'Well we have found these actors' and
that's when I go 'Ah alright, hang on I want to be part of it'."
Veteran actor Tom Courtenay, who plays Corporal "Don't Panic"
Jones, also said he thought the movie "seemed a better idea"
once he knew the likes of "Harry Potter" actor Gambon and
Scottish actor Bill Paterson were on board.
Oscar winner Zeta-Jones plays mysterious journalist Rose Winters
who arrives unexpectedly to the seaside town.
"It's always fun to play the femme fatale, and you know, on what
side is she on, is she good is she bad ... you find that out in
the movie," she said.
"Dad's Army" is released in U.S. and UK cinemas on Friday.
(Reporting By Edward Baran; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian
Editing
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