Kevin Costner’s most iconic role is likely Dances with Wolves. He has pushed out a pile of stinkers and despite that I still enjoy his movies. That being said, when a sequel to his epic frontier tale was in the works he was approached to reprise his role. And refused.
So who will play Dances with Wolves in the sequel based on the novel “The Holy Road”. Well eyes are turning towards Viggo Mortensen right now.
Director Simon Wincer (“The Man From Snowy River”, “Free Willy”) is on the search for a new ‘Dances with Wolves’ and the name we’ve heard that’s the favourite to play the role right now is Viggo Mortensen. If Mortensen can stand pulling himself away from David Cronenberg for a couple of months, the role might do him so good. I think he’d be rather super in it, too.
Now I think this is a bonehead move for Costner, who could really use a big hit right about now. But at the same time there are some issues that make me understand why he wouldnt.
The story takes place seven years after the events of Dances. Can you play a person 7 years older when you are nearly 20 years older?? In movies we tend to overlook these things, but this is a significant gap. Rumour has it that they are pursuing all of the original cast. Stands with a Fist (Pres Roslin on Battlestar Galactica) isn’t looking so young and firm anymore either. Shes aging well, but shes no spring chicken.
Sequels tend to ruin movies. It’s the Highlander syndrome. There should only be one. Dances with Wolves was such a great movie, but does anything more need to be told? Maybe Costner was attempting to avoid being tied to a trainwreck waiting to happen.
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