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Jeremy Irons was locked in to play a role in HBO’s upcoming adaptation of “Watchmen” a few months ago. Today, news on who the veteran thesp is playing.
According to /Film, the “Justice League” actor is set to play none other than Ozymandias in Damon Lindelof’s small-screen offering.
Says the site, “We can now confirm that this aging and imperious lord is Adrian Veidt, the wealthy industrialist, genius, and former superhero (“Ozymandias”) who – spoilers for the Watchmen comic – faked an alien invasion and killed thousands of innocent people to prevent nuclear armageddon and unite mankind against a fictional enemy. On the page, he’s one of the most complex and nuanced “villains” in comic book history, a man whose “evil scheme” exists purely to achieve world peace, sacrificing much of New York City to make it happen. He’s left alive at the end of the original Watchmen, forced to live with his decisions and wonder if he did the right thing.”
Meanwhile, Jean Smart (“24”) has joined the cast of the series, playing an FBI agent investigating the murder, says TheWrap.
Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, Lily Rose Smith, and Adelynn Spoon also star on the series, due to launch 2019.
