Despite all the hoopla over Orlando Bloom being cast in Prince of Persia seems to now be completely false. Looks like Jake Gyllenhaal will be riding the magic carpet!
Jake Gyllenhaal has landed the lead role in The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for director Mike Newell, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer. Remember how we told you to expect both leads to be announced at the same time? Well, starring opposite Gyllenhaal will be … Gemma Arterton. Yes, that random up-and-comer who recently nabbed a role in the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.
In the film, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young Prince who teams with an exotic princess named Tamina (Arterton) on a mission to stop “a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world,”
Gemma Arterton is a sweet addition to this cast and with a solid name like Gyllenhaal and Arterton gaining a lot of steam as the next Bond Girl.
Typically, video game movies rank on my “rent it when nothing else is available” list, but my interest in this just doubled.
