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One a mentor, one probably a villain.

British acting heroes Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina will also star in the upcoming Prince of Persia film.

Molina, who appeared as Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2, is to play Sheik Amar who eventually becomes a mentor to the prince, according to Variety.

Kingsley, on the other hand, is rumoured to play the villain Vizier; more likely to reprise his role as Fagin from Oliver Twist than Ghandi from, er, Ghandi.

Late last month we heard that Jake Gyllenhaal of Brokeback Mountain fame would be playing prince Dastan.

The Prince of Persia film will be directed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire man Mike Newell, with big spender Jerry Bruckheimer also on board to ensure a visual feast akin to the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.

Filming is said to be happening as soon as next month across the UK and in Morocco.

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bad09 #1 4 years ago

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I love Molina as Doc Ock and Kingsley is legend for many things but my fav is Sexy Beast "c**t, c**t........!"
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Thamuhacha #2 4 years ago

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Interesting.

Kingsley seems to do one decent film for every three or four loads of utter garbage.

What are the odds on this one eh?
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alimokrane #3 4 years ago

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Excellent. this is indeed GREAT news.
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actionfitz #4 4 years ago

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Jake Gyllenhall... Prince of PERSIA... O.0
do these guys even care where the fuck Persia is?
(Iran btw).
You'd think they'd at least have watched fucking '300' as reference.

[link url=http://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire
]http://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Emp...[/link]

Hire an talented asian actor?
nah. lets just cake Mr Gylenhal in fake tan and teach him a ropey accent.

[insert witty Al Jolson reference]

Edited by 1 at 04/06/08 @ 09:27
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Darkedge #5 4 years ago

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"Kingsley, on the other hand, is rumoured to play the villain Vizier; more likely to reprise his role as Fagin from Oliver Twist than Ghandi from, er, Ghandi."

He's more likely to to do a Hood from Thunderbirds (shudder) - Great actor with a habit of doing the WORST roles.
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #6 4 years ago

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Wasn't Ben Kingsley in Bloodrayne?

Edit: yes he was.

Edited by 1 at 04/06/08 @ 11:09
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lennon #7 4 years ago

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Mike Newells barmy army!
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Razorus #8 4 years ago

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Two good choices there I guess. As for Jake, there are some Persians who look like him and have his complexion etc, but a typical modern day Iranian doesn't look like that of course. I'm not nearly as annoyed by that casting decision as I thought I would be. What really gets me is hiring Gemma Arterton to play the Princess. She's one of the most boring looking, un-exotic, plain women I have ever seen.
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