Vulture is reporting that Ron Perlman has come on board to the new Conan, and he’ll be playing Daddy to our heroic Cimmerian.
Mickey Rourke had been the guy to father the Barbarian, but talks fell apart and the producers went looking for someone else. They ended up with one of our great B-movie actors, so it’s hard to complain about that. If only they had filled the rest of the cast with such cool talent; this version of Conan has a made-for-cable feel slathered all over it.
In fact the only problem I have with the casting is that Perlman is so much cooler than the guy playing Conan that I’m worried the lead is going to be overwhelmed. Jason Mimosa I believe is his name, ‘famous’ from Stargate: Poughkeepsie or something. It’s possible that I just haven’t seen him in enough stuff – mostly I’ve just seen him in stills where he looks like fucking Terl the Psychlo from Battlefield Earth – but I suspect this kid is going to get blown off the screen by the one-two punch of Perlman and Stephen Lang as the bad guy.
10 comments
Stargate Poughkeepsie brought a smile to my face on an otherwise shitty day. Thank you Devin.
Except he's already done variations on not knowing the names of the lead or where he came from. Lame!
Wasn't Perlman going to voice Conan himself in the animated Red Nails? That thing has been delayed for almost 4 years.
Mickey must now await his role as Donnie's dad in the NKOTB movie.
I'm willing to give this one a shot. Jason went to the original work of Robert E Howard (According to him) rather than comics or movies, and as a REH fan that's encouraging. I am, shall we say, cautiously optimistic. I mean, at least the guy went to the source material, more than Arnold or Mileus can say.
this movie was dead on arrival as soon as the lead was cast. Give me King Conan by the Wachowskis or give me nothing. Source material be damned.
Maybe there was tension because Jason Mamoa is involved with Lisa Bonet, and Mickey Rourke shot her in the snatch.
I'm thrilled to see Perlman absolutely devour everything on screen in Sons of Anarchy… The man is a bad. ass. incarnate. Thank god he didn't die. I was worried about it, the way season 2 was going.. (Attempt 2 of the FUCKING capcha)
I'm actually kinda looking forward to this, to see what todays technology can bring to the world of conan. I am not too worried about the lead actor, if there is a decent script and decent special effects then I will be fine. Thi is the kind of film where its best to have low expectations and just have a good time. Oh and Ron Perlman has played Conan before, he supplied the voice for Conan in the videogame – not the crap PC game but the one that came out for consoles a few years ago, which was pretty decent btw
Always good to see Ron Pearlman get work, even if it's in less-then-mega blockbuster flicks (where he tyically does better). And comment #9, that is correct, Ron p. did Conan's voice, and did it half asleep. I love Ron's personality and presence, but his work in Conan (the game) was pathetic. I would put it on par (or possible worse in spots)with his acting in Ewe Bolle's Dungeon Siege movie and The Mutant Chronicles. Never have i heard such a dis-passionate voice say " I will cleave your skull to the teeth".
Comments are shown as archived from the original site; new comments are closed.