Some actors get typecast into certain roles, and undoubtedly, filmmakers can get stuck in that same repetitive mode as well. With comic book Sherlock Holmes and graphic novel to screen project of The Gamekeeper in the pipeline, it may not be a long time coming before the Brit director changes genres, but it’s with a thick air of familiarity, that Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla hits the web today.
Warner Bros. who release the picture in October, will bank on a more universal, clearly spoken English language, familiar faces and the key ingredient: a Gerard Butler, who comes ripped like Pitt was back in Snatch. I’m betting that Toby Kebbell (who appeared in Dead Man’s Shoes and was the only comic relief in Control ) will steal the show.
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Written by Ritchie, when a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal and millions of dollars are thrown up for grabs, with all of London’s criminal underworld players wanting in on the action. Butler stars as a One Two, a street-smart mobster who has learned to play both sides of the fence, and Wilkinson plays the lethal head mobster, Lenny Cole, part of London’s old mob regime, which is quickly losing ground to the wealthier foreign mob. Newton acts as One Two’s love interest, Stella, an accountant with ties to the underworld, and Elba acts as Mumbles, One Two’s partner. Bridges is playing Roman, an American trying to break into the music scene in London.
