Why Madonna & Guy Ritchie Remake ‘Swept Away’

Jane magazine spoke with Guy Ritchie on what prompted him and wife Madonna to remake the 1974 Italian romance ‘Swept Away’. “Madonna saw the original version of Swept Away first, like 20 years ago,” Ritchie said. “And then we made the BMW commercial. Someone saw that and said, ‘Oh this reminds me of Swept Away.’ So one night a friend played it and I wasn’t paying much attention. And then I got hooked the second they got in the dinghy and the engine broke down. I could see what was going to happen.”

“By the time the film had finished, I said, ‘Someone’s got to remake this movie.’ I liked the edge of it. The passion,” Ritchie said. “And Madonna said, ‘Why don’t you remake it?’ I said, ‘Well, why don’t you be in it?’ She went, ‘All right,’ and that was that.”