Gary Busey's Son Is Basically His Twin
In 2018's "The Predator," Jake Busey was cast as Dr. Keyes in the action franchise. Years earlier, Gary Busey had played the character's father, Peter Keyes, in 1990's "Predator 2" and that was the main reason Jake landed the role. "I am really fortunate that the director asked for me to do it because he wanted to have a referential moment and integrate 'Predator 2' with 'The Predator,'" he admitted to Meaww in 2019. The film's director, Shane Black, chose Jake not only for his bloodline, but for his striking resemblance to his father, as you can see above. "It's really the first time I've done a movie that's full-blown nepotism. It's entirely because of my dad," he told the Santa Barbara Independent in 2018.
One scene that was shot for "The Predator," but ultimately cut from the theatrical release, had a character scrolling through old research that would have shown a photo of Gary's Peter Keyes character — who was around the same age as Jake's Dr. Keyes — and the facial similarities were undeniable. To Jake's dismay, the backstory between him and his dad's character did not make the film. "The audience would have gotten to see my dad and me in the same frame and the tongue in cheek aspect of it," Jake told Meaww.
That was not Jake's first time playing Gary's on-screen son. The first time was in 1978's "Straight Time," and their father-son dynamic greatly evolved over time.
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