More Oliver Stone Casting for ALEXANDER

[Kal]

I can't find the other thread, so bugger it. LOLApparently Val Kilmer will be playing Philip. Here are some news threads:Val Kilmer Playing King Philip in Alexander
Source: Variety Tuesday, September 9, 2003 Writer/director Oliver Stone has signed his The Doors star Val Kilmer to play the Macedonian king Philip in Alexander, the Intermedia/Warner Bros. drama that begins filming Sept. 22 in Morocco.He will play the father of Alexander (Colin Farrell) and the husband of Olympias (Angelina Jolie). Kilmer, who can next be seen in Lions Gate's Wonderland), will head to Morocco to prepare for the role.Lensing of the film moves to London on November 10 and then wraps in early January in Thailand. Warner Bros. is expected to release Alexander in North America in November 2004....AND MORE...From Sundaymail;RORY'S $1M FOR ALEXANDER EPIC OAT STUFFBy Brendan McgintyPORRIDGE hunk Rory McCann is being paid $1million to star as Alexander The Great's right-hand man in Oliver Stone's new epic.The strapping 6ft 6in Scots actor was cast after the director spotted him stripped to his vest in a TV ad for Scott's Porage Oats.Rory will be working alongside Irish star Colin Farrell, who will play the great warrior, Angelina Jolie who plays Alexander's mum, Jared Leto and Sir Anthony Hopkins.Rory starred in Channel 4's The Book Group as wheelchair-bound Kenny. Stone is responsible for classics like The Doors, JFK and Nixon.His movie, called simply Alexander, is one of two blockbusters about the conqueror out next year.Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann's Alexander The Great stars Leonardo Di Caprio. Rory is undergoing intensive training in a Moroccan boot camp alongside Farrell to get in shape for the film.His agent Christian Hodell said: ``It is a massive breakthrough for him.'' Both films will focus on his rampant sex life of the Greek-Macedonian warrior, who conquered much of the ancient world by the age of 28 and died aged 33.Farrell will miss the birth of his first child to stay in Morocco.He is expecting his first child with model Kim Bordenave who is due to give birth on September 12. Farrell described missing out on the birth as ``a pain in the ass'' but said : ``The film is huge. I've been working on it for three or four weeks and it's very intense. There's a lot of horse work, sword work, shield work and a lot of studying tactics.''...AND LASTLY...From BBC-i;
SIMILARLY 'NEWS' LIGHT but quit

[Kal]

Sorry, it didn't post... here:From BBC-i;
SIMILARLY 'NEWS' LIGHT but quite interesting is Oliver Stone blabbing to BBCi Films about his Alexander the Great production. "It's a great story but if you go for surface events it will never work, you have to get into a theme, and find the character," he says. "It's very hard to do, I'm not sure I have, but I'm about to take the shot. "I really believe in Colin Farrell. I think Colin's got true grit and I think he will surprise people as Alexander. He has tremendous grace and speed and he's a great athlete, which Alexander was. "And he's got that mercurial Irish temperament which also Alexander had, there's a very strong resemblance between Macedonians and Irish for some reason. Four weeks from now I can tell you more, I hope to survive and by February be smiling! But this is tough, very tough."

[sandraa]

Hey, who is his right hand man? As far as it is known it was Hephaestion... Or mnaybe I'm wrong?

[s]

Rory McCann will play (Craterus) according to his webpage...

[AlexK]

Do you guys know anything about the perspective through which O. Stone will depict Alexander?