Per The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Eccleston has signed on to play Destro in the upcoming live-action G.I. Joe movie. Eccleston previously appeared in 28 Days Later and played the role of Claude, the “invisible man,” on Heroes.
A few weeks back IESB.com reported that theater actor David Murray was set to play Destro in the film. The Hollywood Reporter cited “visa issues” as the reason for Murray’s withdrawal from the film.
Eccleston joins Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum in the film. Quaid recently revealed that he had signed on for three G.I Joe films.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:55 am
You know, you missed out quite a geek-relevant credit for Eccleston there…
February 12th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Exactly what I was thinking!
(How could you neglect to mention his dazzling turn as “Seminar Leader” in eXistenZ?)
February 12th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Oh, I was thinking of the policeman who karks in in Cracker. Or the fellow who karks it in Let Him Have It. Or the Messiah who karks it in Second Coming. Or…
February 12th, 2008 at 8:49 am
How could anyone forget his turn as the Black Rider in The Dark is…I’m sorry, I mean The Seeker?
February 12th, 2008 at 10:18 am
“You know, you missed out quite a geek-relevant credit for Eccleston there…”
Who?
February 12th, 2008 at 11:02 am
And what of his history making role, along with David Tennant?
Jude Fawley in Jude, of course.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Eccleston as Destro?
Fantastic.
Well, someone had to say it.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
wow, “visa issues”. That speaks volumes of a Britain in the days since Tony Blair.