The re-imagining of Robert E. Howard’s CONAN is gearing up nice and strong over at Lionsgate, and MovieHole got the hook-ups this morning of the character breakdowns for the film. If you wanna know what drives Conan, Tamara, Khalar Singh, or Ukafa, then today is your lucky day!
Marcus Nispel is directing the new CONAN, which will be based on Howard’s original stories and not CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the sword-swinging hero. So what’s driving this CONAN character? Check it out:
[ CONAN ] He’s in his 20s to early 30s, Caucasian, powerfully built, broad-shouldered, sun browned skin lined with scars. Piercing blue eyes and square-cut black mane, tall. He is a savage killer that has matured into the refinement his father tried to teach him when he was young. Conan is very smart, almost inhumanly strong, and very cunning. His entire life, from the moment of his birth, has been shaped by violence. Being the last of his tribe and having to watch his father die a cruel death, he is determined avenge his peoples slaughter by killing all those who led the attack on the Cimmerians, including the all-powerful Khalar Singh. He is prepared to die in order to accomplish his goal. What Conan did not expect, was to find a reason to live… LEAD
And what, praytell, is his reason to live? I guess that’s what you gotta fork your $10.50 for to find out! There’s a pretty cool analysis of all the characters over THIS WAY, which you should really check out to see what drives the rest of the cast.
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