Director Emmerich has started shooting his film Independence Day 2 last May in New Mexico. But not all casts get on board then. Today, he welcomes new cast, Chin Han.
Chin Han, a Singaporean actor, is the most recent cast to join Independence Day 2. He is officially welcomed by director Emmerich in his Twitter account along with their picture on the set. This is not the first time the two have worked together. Chin Han was part of Emmerich's movie "2012". This Singaporean actor appeared in movies like "The Dark Knight", "Contagion", and "Restless". He was also nominated for Variety's Asian Star of the Year Award in 2013.
Director Emmerich said that Chin Han plays the leader of the Chinese Space Squadron in Independence Day 2. This film is the sequel to Independence Day movie with Will Smith as the lead actor in 1996. However Smith is no longer part of the sequel. Actors who are first casted in this film are of course Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe, Brent Spiner, Vivica Fox and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
However, it was not only Chin Han who just newly casted in the movie. On the first day of June, Director Roland Emmerich also made an announcement via twitter that William Fichtner has joined his league of actors for Independence Day 2. But the director did not reveal Fichtner's role. Fichtner is known for his remarkable character in Prison Break including last year's film Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
So, it was mentioned earlier that Will Smith is no longer part of the movie but his character is remotely part of the story. Independence Day 2's story begins 20 years after the Alien invasion, his son is already a grown man, and it will be played by Survivor's Remorse actor Jesse Usher.
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