In doing so, Holden Caulfield becomes less a spontaneous fictional creation than the logical sum of Salinger's romantic frustrations, his run - ins with hectoring authority figures, and his scarring visions of Nazi death camps (realized on budget here as blue - tinted glimpses of gaunt silhouettes and
hands clutching past barbed wire).
While the previous man, portrayed by Goldsmith, was seen reflecting on
past experiences from the corners of a dark bar with a bevy of beautiful women on his arms, Legrand will be more of an action hero — whether it's chopping a coconut in half with his bare
hand, running down a street
clutching a pig or retrieving a soccer ball from inside a well.