It’s been nearly four years now since Karl Urban kept his helmet on his head in the most recent screen take on 2000AD’s Judge Dredd. You more than likely know what happened next, too. The film won over fans, crashed at the box office, and chances of a sequel diminished.

Diminished, but never died. And thanks to a fervent fan campaign, there remains hope of sending Karl Urban back to Mega City One. Here, Urban answers our questions about the past and future of Judge Dredd…

Can you take us back to the start of the story. How did you land the role of Judge Dredd in the first place? Did you lobby for it?

The process of committing to Dredd was relatively simple. I read a tight, action-packed, character-driven script written by Alex Garland. I flew to Los Angeles to meet with the DNA producers, it was evident that we were all on the same page, they felt assured that I was comfortable doing a movie in which most of my face remained hidden and I felt assured that they were interested in making a visceral and unapologetic vision of John Wagner’s Judge Dredd.