Looks like Daniel Craig is trading in his tuxedo and martini for a 10 gallon hat and a shot of whiskey. The actor has signed on to star in Dreamworks' Cowboys and Aliens, replacing Robert Downey, Jr. who left the project in order to work on Sherlock Holmes 2. Craig will star as Zeke Jackson, a cowboy who gathers up a posse of native Americans and other cowboys to do battle with an invading alien fleet. Pretty high concept stuff. The film is based on the graphic novel written by current Marvel comics scribe, Fred Van Lente.
While I'm sorta indifferent to Daniel Craig most of the time, I'm genuinely interested in seeing how the actor is going to handle playing a western cowboy. It doesn't really seem to fit him in the least, whereas I could see Downey in the role.
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