After last month’s little SNAFU over Ed Skrein leaving the role over allegations of Hollywood whitewashing, it seems that the Hellboy reboot may have finally got itself a Ben Daimio.
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0) has accepted the role of Asian-American agent Ben Daimio. Kim’s credits include Lost, ER, and voicework in The Legend of Korra.
Hellboy won’t be Kim’s first comic book role, since the actor appeared in Spider-Man 2. He is the latest addition to the cast, joining Stranger Things star David Harbour in the title role, Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, and Penelope Mitchell. The film is currently slated to begin shooting later this month under director Neil Marshall.
Source: Comic Book.com
Dave Bowling
Dave was born at an early age to parents of both sexes. He has been a self-confessed geek for as long as he can remember, having been raised through the 80s on a steady diet of Doctor Who, Star Trek, Red Dwarf and (sigh) Knight Rider. Throw the usual assortment of Saturday morning cartoons into the mix and we have something quite exceptional: someone with an encyclopaedic knowledge of utter tosh; a love of giant robots and spaceships fighting; and the strange desire to leap tall buildings in a single bound while wearing his underpants over his trousers. The death ray is currently in the works and one day you shall all bow to him, his giant space station and fleet of funky orange space shuttles...
Nerd Comments