1997 Denise Richards and Dina Meyer absolutely mog any actress working right now. I'd say both of them are at least 9s.
Clearly there are scores of other reasons any remake is doomed, but that's the most obvious one. In the age of DEI, superhumanly attractive women are extinct.
Wasn't he Filipino in the book? I wish they would just keep the characters in their original gender and ethnicity when they're adapting books.