Dolph Lundgren Spills the Beans on Hail, Caesar!
Thanks to Dolph Lundgren we now know a little more about the roles he and Channing Tatum will be playing in the Coen Brothers latest opus, the not-quite a musical comedy set in 1950’s Hollywood, Hail, Caesar! reports /film.
Speaking to Creative Screenwriting, Lundgren spoke of his ‘shock’ at getting the call before spilling the beans about the up-to-now very secretive project: “It’s a movie set in the 1950s called Hail, Caesar! and it’s about the studio system. Basically, one of the characters is going to defect to the Soviet Union because he loves communism because they have great uniforms [Laughs].
“That’s Channing Tatum’s character in the movie, and they wanted someone to play a submarine commander. I guess they wanted someone kind of iconic where the audience sees the person and says, “Holy shit!” [Laughs]. So I’m wearing a Russian fur hat and I’m on this huge submarine in Malibu. It was fun to work with them. They were very nice guys, and of course I’m a huge fan of theirs and I never expected to be in any Coen brothers movies, but I guess I am!”
Previously, Tatum was rumoured to be playing a ‘Gene Kelly type’ while Kelly himself was never a victim of the ‘red scare’ that permeated the back lots during that time, his wife, Betsy Blair was accused of being a Communist sympathizer.
Kelly was one of several celebrities who publicly opposed the House of Un-American Activities Committee’s investigation into the industry.
Hail, Caesar! opens February 5, 2016. Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fiennes, and Tilda Swinton also star.