A double dose of Sam Claflin news this fine Friday, and appropriately one of the stories is Friday-related. The actor will be playing Robin Friday, the ill-starred but supremely louche Reading and Cardiff striker, in the long-gestating film of his life. His agent has been busy because Claflin has also signed on to return for Snow White And The Huntsman sequel, The Huntsman, in the role of Snow White’s love interest, William.
There’s no danger he’ll mix the two up and scythe down Snow White with a two-footed lunge, largely because Kristen Stewart is unlikely to return as the mirror-bothering princess. Instead Claflin, who’s earmarked for a small supporting role, will be joined by franchise newbies Jessica Chastain and Emily Blunt, with Charlize Theron back as Queen Ravenna. Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Alexandra Roach and Sheridan Smith are also aboard.
More intriguing is the Friday story. This one promises a tearaway tale of a volatile talent as dangerous on the dance floor as in the box. Claflin, a dedicated Norwich fan, will be depicting a renegade character who lit up both the football league and an enormous number of cigarettes during a ‘70s heyday. He died tragically young but burned brightly in a way that should lend itself to a fizzy biopic.
"When I was writing The Robin Friday Story [in 1998] with Guigsy all those years ago", said co-biographer Paolo Hewitt in 2012. "I kept saying it would make a great film". Hewitt and Julian Stone have penned the script, with Film Agency Wales contributing to funding.
from Empire News
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