Norway star Aksel Hennie joins Dwayne Johnson for ‘Hercules’ film
Aksel Hennie, the Norway actor who many sources is a name to be watched, landed his first big studio role, joining Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “Hercules.”
Aksel Hennie in Headhunters
Hennie will play a mad warrior named Tydeus in the Brett Ratner directed film according to the THR.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson in the title role. The weary warrior has become a mercenary in order to occupy himself after completing his legendary tasks. He and his six companions begin to suspect the motives of their vicious employer Cotys, the King of Thrace.
The take on the mythical hero is redefined without the magical and divine elements of the legend, leaving Hercules as a mighty warrior but not the son of Zeus.
The MGM and Paramount Pictures movie is based on Radical Publishing’s two Hercules series The Thracian Wars and The Knives of Kush.
Hennie also starred in Max Manus and will make his English-language debut in the The Last Knights, which he will appear in alongside Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen.
Hercules is scheduled for release on August 8, 2014.
