Kurt Russell in a scene from Grindhouse.

Now that 300 has made him the action-star-du-jour, Gerard Butler is set to become the new Snake Plissken in a remake of John Carpenter's Escape From New York.

Which doesn't sit very well with the old Snake Plissken, Kurt Russell, who originated the world-weary anti-hero in Carpenter's post-apocalyptic 1981 original.

"Nothing is sacred in this business. I did Disney movies, they remade those. I did Stargate, they made that into a TV show. They're going to remake The Thing," Russell says, maybe forgetting that his The Thing was also a remake.

Russell, who stars as a psycho stuntman in Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino's half of the Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez pulp double-bill Grindhouse, adds a dig at the Scottish-born Butler, saying, "Having created the character, I know one thing. Snake Plissken is quintessentially American.

"Rabid moviegoers say Sean Connery owns 007. As far as I'm concerned, I think this last attempt (with Daniel Craig) was extremely cool and nice. I'll just say the same thing I'd say about Snake Plissken. I hope none of those other (Bonds) run into Sean's 007. They're done."

On the other hand, Russell added that he would be willing to make a cameo appearance in the new Escape From New York "for a sh--load of money."

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