We’re not sure whether to put any store in this or not, but The Hollywood Reporter’s Ricky Business Blog is reporting that Roland Kickinger is to play Conan The Barbarian in Marcus Nispel’s new take of the bloody fantasy character. While the Risky Business Blog is usually fairly reliable, it does seem Kickinger could just be someone who was inevitably going to be linked to the movie at some point, rather than the person who will eventually be cast.
After all, like Arnold Schwarzenegger he’s an Austrian bodybuilder, and in Terminator: Salvation, it’s his body you see with Arnie’s head digitally added on top. So of course he’s going to be linked to Conan – to be honest if I was his agent I’d have leaked that he was ‘being considered’ weeks ago.
However the report does say that Kickinger’s actively in talks with the makers of the rebbot over the role, and seeing as there are relatively few people who could play the bemuscled barbarian, it could turn out to be true.
There is no news yet though as to whether Roland Kickinger ever plans to run for Govenor of California.