Gemma Arterton Plays with the Immortals in 'Clash of the Titans'
Filed under: Action, Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Warner Brothers, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels
Everyone wants to go Greek these days -- we're due to get a double dose with Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans and Tarsem Singh's War of the Gods, though both have fallen off the radar as of late. But if there's really a race, Leterrier's moved into into the lead with a grand total of two cast members. EmpireOnline caught up with Bond girl Gemma Arterton, who revealed that she's signed on to costar with Sam Worthington in Clash of the Titans -- and it's a whole new role for the remake. "My part is ... the coolest part," she laughed. "Io's not in the original film. Perseus falls in love with her and then [CENSORED FOR TINY SPOILER]. It's a really great part."
If you're mad about the spoiler, e-mail Empire, as they put it in. So rusty is my Greek mythology that I thought I'd outsmart them by looking up Io on Wikipedia, but I'm at a loss as. I can only guess that the spoiler involves Zeus lusting for her, and that she might be turned into a white heifer? Does Io replace Andromeda, Perseus' original love interest? Does he lose one, and win the other? Darn that Empire censor!
Arterton gave a hint as to how this Clash will differ from the 1981 original, and Greek mythology in general. "The script is very different. Obviously the story is the story, but it's much more about Perseus' mission, and how he deals with being the son of Zeus, and things like that, so it feels a little more about him, and about the issues around that."
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3-30-2009 @ 12:51PM
mike green said...
accordingto IMDB she was born with six fingers on each hand, that makes her a lot less hot
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3-30-2009 @ 1:59PM
totoro said...
Perseus falls in love with her and then [doesn't die]. ?
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3-30-2009 @ 7:42PM
L.G. said...
Dude, didn't Marilyn Monroe have, like, an extra toe or something? She's a freaking pop culture touchstone of a sex symbol. Shut it, Green.
Anyway, I'm failing to understand what the big deal with Sam Worthington is. Lately, he's topping casting lists for and getting attached to every mammoth studio action tentpole based on what, exactly? Minor turns in stale, forgettable crap from years ago like "Hart's War" and 'The Great Raid"?
I have no clue how he managed to score James Cameron's upcoming, inevitably-groundbreaking "Avatar" behemoth
with virtually no proven action credentials, blockbuster experience or box office mojo. His casting was most likely mostly the by-product of no-name cost-cutting for the mega-expensive film.
There's no denying that his incredibly fortunate opportunity to participate so centrally in "Terminator Salvation" was merely a shrewd, calculated maneuver by McG to smartly court the blessing and endorsement of creator James Cameron.
Major propz to Worthington's slick, savvy representation for somehow landing an essential nobody the big picture deals based solely on his lucky role in a high-profile, high-concept project that doesn't even get released until this Christmas.
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