First Look: Olga Kurylenko in Centurion Out for blood in Neil Marshall's latest
Having convincingly cut up rough in Quantum Of Solace – and earned herself a Jameson Empire Awards Best Actress nomination – Olga Kurylenko is playing another vengeance-fuelled femme fatale, this time in Neil Marshall’s Centurion.
According to the script her character, Etain, is “a savage-looking Pict warrior woman” and you can judge the accuracy of the description yourself, by taking a gander at Empire’s exclusive picture of the erstwhile Bond girl in action.
Marshall dealt with military mayhem in Dog Soldiers, women forced to violence in The Descent and Scotland-set carnage in Doomsday and is combining all three in his fourth feature, a relentless action-adventure set in AD 117 (63 years before the events of Gladiator).
“Etain is kind of revenge incarnate,” says the writer/director, speaking to Empire exclusively on set. “Her family were butchered by the Romans, she had her tongue cut out by the Romans, she’s had a hell of a time and she’s out for Roman blood.”
“She’s quite furious,” agrees Kurylenko. “Because one sense is not there – she can’t speak – all the others are more developed. She sees very well and hears very well: she is an animal!”
Kurylenko stars alongside Hunger’s Michael Fassbender, who plays the title character, stranded behind enemy lines, and a superb roster of established and up’n’coming talent, including Dominic West, Noel Clarke, David Morrisey, JJ Feild and Riz Ahmed (soon to be seen in the rather excellent Brit-grit thriller Shifty, out April 24).
Centurion is being produced by Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-snaffler Christian Colson and Robert Jones (Run Fatboy Run) and Empire has visited its sets in both Scotland and Surrey and witnessed the action and intensity up close, so expect regular updates online and in the magazine, in the build up to its release (likely to be later this year).
L: butters411
ooooooo sorry craighorne! Had no idea you were the judge of what is historical inaccuracy.
the movie claims to be historically inaccurate I doubt this one does, just relax and try to enjoy the fictional story.
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I'm guessing here that you mean historically esp;
Personally I'm with Craighorne on this one. If you're aiming to make a historical film, get the accuracy on the nail. It's not difficult to find the information. All it takes is a little ... Read More
RE: Marshall is like PWSA (both Geordie fanboys turned director)
One sense is gone but the others are better. Reminds me of the episode of Father Ted when they were on the airplane and he accuses the blind priest of throwing stuff at him. ... Read More
RE: Marshall is like PWSA (both Geordie fanboys turned director)
L: nicky1975
Marshall and Paul WS Anderson are typical Brit fanboys that rave about 80s sf/horror films and who] to make their own films like the US ones they grew up with.
Yup and that's why I hate them (Anderson not as much since he's despised already).
And come on, a warrior woman wants revenge for the death of her family??
They probably made her mute because Marshall couldn't be bothered with dialogue - wastes time when he could be splashing blood around&nbs... Read More
Marshall is like PWSA (both Geordie fanboys turned director)
Marshall and Paul WS Anderson are typical Brit fanboys that rave about 80s sf/horror films and who] to make their own films like the US ones they grew up with. Fairplay to them for being such fans AND breaking into the industry though and getting their films made - it must be hard to be taken seriously early in their careers to make dumb-downed fantasy films like theirs' (cos Brit film industry is rather snotty isn't it for fantasy films). Note their similarities:
* They're both ... Read More
Neil Marshall is quietly getting on with making movies that we brits have long struggled to make; great action films shot and set (mostly) in the UK. How often has the cry gone up of; how come we cant produce home grown big movies that can compete with anything coming out of the US? well, here we have a young director doing it. Ok, doomsday was flawed certainly, but I still enjoyed elements of it, and certaily marvelled at his ability to create a movie on a large canvas. More than anything else,... Read More
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Dog Soldiers is amazing. The Descent is amazing. Doomsday was disappointing. ... Read More
Must have been removed by one of those skilled Roman surgeons, judging by the perfect teeth and lack of scarring around the mouth from the inevitable struggle.
Still that mascara makes her perfect size eight figure look savage.............. should've used a Wigan bird built like a brick shit-house.
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