From a Brit to an Aussie in the role of Honest Abe?
Only moments after E.Walk expressed his undying love for Fox’s ballsy decision to adapt Seth Grahame-Smith’s faux-biography ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, The Wrap is reporting Eric Bana (seen right) is in the running to portray the United States’ 16th President. The outsourcing continues…
Of course, I’m referring to Daniel Day Lewis’ commitment to play Lincoln for Steven Spielberg (before that, Liam Neeson was in talks to portray the bearded pres). I guess it comes down to who’s right for the job, but it is interesting to think a story about one of the most formative U.S. presidents – albeit with a genre bent – is being directed by a Russian (Timur Bekmambetov), and acted by an Australian. Just sayin…
No official deal has been struck, mind you, so this could all be for naught. However, given Bana’s great track record with the studio (HULK, BLACK HAWK DOWN), there has to be a lot of disinterest from the Aussie actor for the attachment to fizzle.
What do you think, should Bana take the job or is there a better actor out there you’d rather see?
In theaters June 22nd, 2012:
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.
Bana’s HANNA co-star, Cate Blanchett!