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GANDHI Star Sir Ben Kingsley to Play a Prodigious War Hero in ENDER'S GAME |
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 19:00 |
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Just recently casting for the movie has been movie quite quickly. Asa Butterfield who is currently starring in Martin Scorsese's Hugo landed the lead role of Ender. Hailee Steinfeld who is best known for her Oscar nominated performance in the remake of True Grit will be playing Petra Arkanian.
And today The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Sir Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) is in talks for the role of the "legendary war hero presumed to be dead." By that description and from I've read I believe the role is Mazer Rackham.
Mazer Rackham - Ender's last teacher, Rackham makes no attempt to become Ender's friend, although, like Graff, he loves and respects the boy. Rackham is forced to deceive Ender into thinking he is playing mere games and explains to him that no one but a child could have won the war—it took both compassion, daring, and ruthlessness that he Read more: |
