Eli Roth News: Filmmaker Says Borderlands' Kevin Hart Can Really Fight as an Action Star
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- Category: Interviews
- Created: Sunday, 11 August 2024 14:09
- Published: Sunday, 11 August 2024 14:26
- Written by Lupe R Haas
Eli Roth tackled a sci-fi action movie adapted from the first-person shooter game, Borderlands and he cast Kevin Hart as Roland. The casting choice baffled many but Roth reveals Hart was ready to prove himself as a bona fide action star minus the humor. The director/writer also explains his approach to adapting the MA-17 game for a more mainstream and younger audience.
BORDERLANDS stars Hart, Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Synopsis
Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound protector; Tannis (Curtis), the oddball scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap (Black), a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.Based on one of the best-selling videogame franchises of all time, welcome to BORDERLANDS.