SCOOP: Original DEAD stars to cameo in DAWN remake

One cameo is confirmed, two remain up in the air

By Patrick Sauriol     June 30, 2003
Source: Anonymous, David Dreher

Last Wednesday an anonymous individual emailed to say that two of the original stars in George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD plus legendary makeup artist Tom Savini would make cameo appearances in the remake, now lensing in Toronto.

Seeking to find confirmation, we were eventually contacted by David Dreher, the webmaster for Tom Savini's website who did confirm Savini's involvement with the new DAWN flick. It turns out the gore guru will cameo as a sheriff in the film. Savini's filmography on his website has been updated to reflect this new role.

The two original DAWN cast members who we've been told have been asked to also cameo in the remake are Ken Foree (who played Peter Washington) and Scott Reiniger (who played Roger DeMarco). We haven't been able to confirm Foree or Reiniger's involvement with the new DAWN OF THE DEAD production so far, but our original scooper was dead right about Savini, wasn't he?

More as we get it...


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