He hasn't been seen since channeling the (still living) spirit of Dwight Schultz as Murdock in A-Team, but South African actor Sharlto ...
He hasn't been seen since channeling the (still living) spirit of Dwight Schultz as Murdock in A-Team, but South African actor Sharlto Copley, who made quite an impression as the lead in District 9, will be lighting up the screen again, signing up as the bad guy in Spike Lee's remake of South Korean film Oldboy, the second part in The Vengence Trilogy. The story follows a man who, after 15 years of being trapped in a hotel room against his will, embarks on a bloody quest for revenge.
Copley will play Adrian Pryce, a mysterious billionaire out to destroy the life of Joe Douchett (Josh Brolin), beating Colin Firth, Christian Bale, and Clive Owen to the role. I was ready to hate this remake when I first heard of it, but with Lee, Brolin, and now Copley involved, I am now very, very intrigued about this. Filming begins in September.
Copley has also signed on as the lead in Open Grave, the follow up to director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego's Apollo 18. The actor will play a man who wakes up in a pit full of rotting bodies with no idea how he got there. he soon begins to suspect he himself is the killer.
Source: Deadline
