Turns out that crazy ass biotch from THE LOVED ONES will take part in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER after all…
Thing is, she won’t play Mary Todd Lincoln, as we originally thought last month. Nope, that role’s been awarded to uber-looker Mary Elizabeth Winstead (below).
Instead, Aussie actress Robin McLeavy (seen right) is set to play Abe’s madre, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Quite a coup considering she’s roughly the same age as the cat playing Abe, Benjamin Walker.
Mike Fleming’s on a roll, as he reports McLeavy’s part, while short, sets the tone of things to come ALVH. Semi-spoiler: “It’s her death at the hands of a bloodsucker that hardens young Abe Lincoln into going to war against the growing scourge of vampires in the 1800s.”
The Aussie actress also joins Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Jimmi Simpson.
From Timur Bekmambetov, the film shapes up:
When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the “milk sickness.” Only later did he learn that his mother’s deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect a debt owed by Lincoln’s father. When Abe learned the truth, he vowed revenge and kept one passion hidden throughout his life: the brutal elimination of all vampires. His valiant, bloody fight against the undead was all but lost to history, until Grahame-Smith stumbled upon the secret journal of Abraham Lincoln.
Using the journal as his guide, Seth reconstructs Lincoln’s life story and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation. You don’t know Abe. Honest.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER is due June 22nd, 2012.
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