At a lanky 6'3", Benjamin Walker was a perfect fit in his 2004 big-screen debut as the 19-year-old version of Kinsey, played in his adult years by Liam Neeson. Coincidentally (or maybe not so much), Walker is about to be seen in his first major starring role portraying a legendary historical figure Neeson was long attached to play for Steven Spielberg. Only this version of Abraham Lincoln's story is quite different from the one Spielberg will finally bring to theaters this December. For the uninitiated, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter re-imagines the 16th President of the United States as an axe-wielding slayer of the undead as screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith adapts his own bestselling mashup novel for the big screen. While the film is very much an action-packed and re-imagined origin story of a man Grahame-Smith calls the "first and only true American superhero," both the novel and film were meticulously researched and remain very true to history.
- 6/18/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
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