Ray Winstone Is Eddie Marsan's Twin In 'Snow White And The Huntsman'

by Kevin Jagernauth
June 22, 2011 7:45 AM
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You gotta give it up to Universal. While their Snow White film will come in second to whatever Tarsem is currently cooking up, they've gone ahead with a batch of genius casting that vaults "Snow White And The Huntsman" right ahead of the competition. With Ian McShane, Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Marsan and Stephen Graham all set to board, the Rupert Sanders film has gone ahead and found one more amazing Brit character actor which pretty much puts every one of our favorite Blighty thespians in one movie. Nice move.

THR reports that the awesome Ray Winstone rounds out the casting of the dwarves in the film. Amazing. In the early draft of the script we read, the dwarves are described as “barbarian warriors” rather than the miners of Disney tradition. With McShane set to play Caesar, Izzard will be Tiberius, the biggest of the lot, Hoskins will play Constantine, the oldest, blind dwarf, and the omnipresent Jones, will be Claudius, the most timid. Meanwhile, Graham will play the angry Nero, with Marsan and Winston to play the twins Hadrian and Trajan.

The seven thesps join Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Sam Clafin in a retelling of the classic fairy tale in which the woodsman (Hemsworth), who is meant to bump off the titular princess (Stewart), winds up training her instead to fight her evil stepmother (Theron). The film will be directed by Rupert Sanders and will go in front of cameras in Europe later this year, with a June 1, 2012 release date scheduled.

More: Films, Actors, Snow White And The Huntsman, Ray Winstone

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owned | June 22, 2011 10:49 AMReply

KJ your changes are giving me whiplash. You've been practically kissing Relativity and Tarsem's feet the last couple of weeks, and now that some dwarfs, that may get ten minutes max, are cast, you're in love with this movie. It was always the best project. Your hate of Kristen Stewart and the "I have to be cool and bash her" blogger mentality is what blinded you. Anyone who trusts your judgement now is not smart.

You thought a comedic retelling of Snow White with a prince with bunny ears and costume parties would beat Snow White and the Huntsman. Sorry to tell you but your bias is showing and it stinks.
sjvp | June 22, 2011 10:24 AMReply

I feel the need to express the sheer brilliance of the photo shop job done in matching expression, actor and dwarf in perfect harmony. Kudos