It kind of blew their minds,” says Turturro. “They thought it was a great idea and told me, ‘We’ve taken a character inspired from a stage play and now you want to put him in a movie which is a French movie, which was inspired by American road movies.'”
Well The Big Lebowski isn't all that popular outside of the US.
What I mean is that the original film, this is based on, is very european, and it has an insolence that would be problematic with american audience. There is for example a scene in which a woman finds enjoyement in being sexually harassed. Of course, it won't be a shot by shot remake, but still, that's the inspiration...
