Luke Evans, while still working on the production of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), held a live Facebook Q&A. During some of the questions that he personally responded to, when asked about joining the "The Crow" reboot as the leading character, Evans stated that he felt inclined to drop out from the project as he felt "unworthy" of portraying the late Brandon Lee's most iconic role.
When asked if he had seen the trailer for this film, Ernie Hudson replied, "I haven't seen it. The actor, who- I can't name- is playing the lead, I love and respect. But for me, 'The Crow' is Brandon Lee. I can't imagine... let's hope they don't try to redo him, that they do their own thing with it and take it in a different direction. I haven't seen (the trailer). I haven't seen any of the other 'Crow' (movies) because of what happened to Brandon." In an earlier interview in 2021 Hudson explained he hadn't even seen the 1994 original saying, "It breaks my heart, and I can't get past it. So much of it was action stuff, but Brandon and I got a chance to work together."
During a Reddit AMA, Shannon Lee, sister of Brandon Lee was asked if there should be a remake of The Crow (1994) to which she responded, "I don't think they should remake 'The Crow.' Booooo!"
After a test screening, several of the participants were invited to take part in a survey. The audience response was so negative during the survey that it had to be stopped prematurely because not a single positive thing was being said about the film.
Bradley Cooper, Mark Wahlberg, Channing Tatum, Robert Pattinson, James McAvoy, Tom Hiddleston, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Witwer, Jack Huston, Ryan Gosling, Nicholas Hoult, Jack O'Connell, Luke Evans, and Jason Momoa were all considered to play Eric Draven and Jessica Brown Findlay, and Pattinson's former girlfriend, Kristen Stewart was considered to play Shelley Webster before Alexander's brother, Bill Skarsgård, was confirmed for the role of Draven with Pattinson's former girlfriend FKA twigs confirmed for the role of Webster.