Chris Cooper will be joining Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons and Carney frontman Reeve Carney in Julie Taymor's adaptation of "The Tempest." I'm a sucker for Shakespeare and a big fan of Cooper's, so I was excited to hear this news. Chris is one of those actors who has been in so much (American Beauty, Seabiscuit, Adaptation, Breach, The Bourne Identity, Syriana... the list goes on and on) and is so wonderful, but the majority of people wouldn't be able to put a name with his face.
Taymor, best known for directing Across the Universe and Broadway's "The Lion King" (and also set to helm the Spider-Man musical), is infamous for trippy costumes and dreamlike scenes, so it will be interesting to see what she does with The Tempest. Filming starts soon in Hawaii, so I'm sure we'll get a peek at some stills before long...
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