Kiefer Sutherland is back as Nelson Wright (Picture: Rex)

Kiefer Sutherland has revealed he will reprise his original character in the new Flatliners film.

The 49-year-old actor will be returning as former medical student Nelson Wright in the new reboot.

Sutherland told Metro: ‘I play a professor at the medical university. It is never stated but it will probably be very clearly understood that I’m the same character I was in the original Flatliners but that I have changed my name and I’ve done some things to move on from the experiments that we were doing in the original film.’


Kiefer starred alongside Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Julia Roberts and Oliver Platt in the 1990 film but he’s the only original cast member who will be back in the remake.



The film revolved around a group of students, led by Nelson, who carried out dangerous experiments in an attempt to prove there is an afterlife – with terrifying consequences.

Sutherland added: ‘I loved making the first film and when I was asked if I would be interested in taking part in this, it didn’t take more than a minute to say yes.’

Kiefer Sutherland is excited to be working on the reboot (Picture: FilmMagic)

The reboot stars War And Peace star James Norton, Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, Ellen Page and Kiersey Clemons.

Flatliners arrives in US cinemas on August 18, 2017 with a UK release yet to be announced.

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