He got a lot of attention for the TV series Rome, and since then Ray Stevenson has slowly been building up a film career, being seen in The Book Of Eli, The Other Guys and most recently Thor. He’s got The Three Musketeers coming later this year (he’s Porthos), and now he has a big summer 2012 movie as well, GI Joe 2.
THR reports that he’ll play Firefly, a ninja working for the villainous Cobra organisation. The character is a known saboteur and explosives expert who wears a red ninja Shinobi shozoku. The film will feature many ninjas, including Stormshadow and Snake Eyes.
Jon M. Chu is directing this revamped sequel, which will be headlined by Channing Tatum’s Duke (one of the few actors to survive from the first movie) and Dwayne Johnson’s Roadblock. Other recent cast addition include Elodie Yung, RZA, D.J. Cotrona, and Adrianne Palicki. The movie will start shooting soon for release August 10th, 2012.