David Harbour to join Chris Hemsworth in ‘Dhaka’
DAVID Harbour will join Chris Hemsworth in ‘Dhaka’.
The ‘ Stranger Things’ actor has joined the cast of the new action movie directed by Chris Evans’ stunt double.
‘ Dhaka’ will mark the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave, a stunt coordinator who has previously worked with the ‘Captain America’ actor.
The project is being produced by brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, who worked with Chris and Sam when they helmed ‘Avengers: Infi nity War’ and two ‘Captain America’ fi lms.
‘ Dhaka’ has been written by the Russo brothers and tells the story of a world- weary mercenary ( Hemsworth) who is hired to rescue the son of a businessman.
Harbour will play a fellow mercenary with secret intentions.
Meanwhile, Harbour, 43, is starring in the ‘ Hellboy’ reboot - taking over from Ron Perlman, who starred in the Guillermo del Toro movies, and revealed some “prominent nerds” tried to persuade him not to take the role. He said: “I was approached by some very prominent nerds whom I know very well, and I respect their opinions because they’re friends of mine, who were like ‘dude, step away from the ‘Hellboy’. Step away.”
The plot in the new movie follows Hellboy as he battles with a medieval evil wizard who is hell- bent on destroying humankind.
Harbour also spoke on how he is changing the character from the Perlman adaptation of the comic book character and admitted he has done something “completely different”.
He said: “( The comics) seem much more macabre to me, they seem much more melancholy, they seem much more primal, more struggle, more angst. — BANG Showbiz