Whenever a named franchise has a film coming out the big question of casting becomes an issues we all love to talk and speculate about. One of the bigger casting questions floating around right now seems to be “Who will be the next Conan”. I mean, on the surface playing Conan is the easiest thing in the world… the character hardly ever speaks. But at the same time whoever does pick up the sword will be replacing the mighty Arnold… and that’s intimidating.
There is an interesting rumor floating around the web today that the producers for the new Conan may not be willing to give up on Arnold at all… and have gone to an Arnold Look-A-Like for the role. A guy by the name of Roland Kickinger. The good folks over at Cimematical give us this:
The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Biz Blog reports that Lionsgate and Nu Image/Millennium are not interested in finding a fresh Conan, but grabbing an Arnold Schwarzenegger look-alike. They’re in talks with Roland Kickinger — a 41-year-old actor who, just like Arnie, is from Austria, is a body-builder-turned-actor, had a role as a T-800, and even played a Conan-era Arnie in See Arnold Run. Talk about the Schwarz being with you
You know what… I don’t usually care about the “look” of a character… but in this unique situation I think I love this idea. Why not an Arnold look-a-like? It could actually be quite novel. Here are some more pics of the guy in question:
So what do you think? Could you see this guy as the new Conan?
