After Michael Douglas assumed the role of Ronald Reagan in the next drama from Mike Newell (Great Expectations, Prince of Persia), the next major casting has landed. Marking his first historical drama role since he broke out in Hollywood, Christoph Waltz has been cast as former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the drama titled Reykjavik.
The former Ridley Scott project features a script from Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane), which explores the 1986 meeting between America’s 40th President and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, both of whom discussed methods of creating peace; moreover, some think Reagan’s stipulations went so far as to help end the Cold War a few years later.
Ever since he earned an Oscar for Inglorious Basterds, Waltz’s most promising film is…well, another Quentin Tarantino one. Except for Roman Polanski‘s Carnage, films like Water for Elephants, The Green Hornet and certainly The Three Musketeers haven’t utilized Waltz’s talents. Hopefully with this project, Django and Terry Gilliam‘s upcoming Zero Theorem, Waltz is turning a promising new corner.
Production on Reykjavik is expected to kick off in March in Iceland.
Are you looking forward to Waltz getting political?