Jack Huston, who is set to lead "The Crow" reboot, has dropped out from the movie. X-men's Beast Nicolas Hoult is one of the candidates to replace the lead character of the 1994 film remake.
Fox News Latino reports that Jack Huston decided not to continue to portray the lead role of Eric Draven for "The Crow" remake due to conflict in his schedule. The actor is busy with movies "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Ben-Hur." Huston expressed though that The Crow would have been an amazing project.
This is the second time that "The Crow" reboot lost its leading man in the movie. When the film was still being headed by Spanish Director Francisco Javier Guttierez, the supposed lead actor Luke Evans was forced to drop out. The movie remake is now being directed by Corin Hardy who says they are taking in a new lead cast and shooting starts in the coming weeks.
"The Crow" was known in the 90's for the scary look the lead character had as if like an alive scarecrow added with some gothic look. Eric Draven was then portrayed by Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee, wherein the film became controversial due to the death of Brandon which happened while filming the movie. Brandon was shot by a gun that was accidentally loaded with bullets.
The Beast becomes The Crow
Meanwhile, Relativity Studios is eyeing either Nicolas Hoult or Jack O' Connel to replace the lead role. Among Hoult's movies are X-Men where he plays the Beast and Jack the Giant Slayer. According to Cinemablend, O'Connel recently starred as the lead character in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken, appeared in 300: Rise of an Empire and the UK TV series Skins where he also co-starred with Hoult.
"The Crow" is about a rockstar who was murdered together with his girlfriend and is brought to life by a crow that he is able to seek revenge. Inquistr confirms Forest Whitaker will also be part of the cast.
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