You'd think we Americans would have a leg up on Moviehole's Clint Morris, given that we're in America where all the movie stars are, and he's in Australia, which movie stars move away from as soon as they start being famous. But damn him if he isn't buying groceries at the same place as Damian Walshe-Howling, who apparently has landed the key role of the main villain in Point Break Indo.
We've been talking for a while about Jan de Bont's plans to make a sequel to Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 action movie, and with Walshe-Howling added to the cast, production seems just about ready to roll. He'll play a sea pirate named Dali whose team wears masks to disguise them as members of the Bush Administration. Yes, this is a movie in which we get to see Colin Powell rob ships. Prepare yourselves.
Walshe-Howling isn't very well known to American audiences, having had minor roles in Australian movies like Ned Kelly and Macbeth in addition to appearances on Australian TV. I don't particularly think a villain role in Point Break 2, a sequel no one really asked for, will be Walshe-Howling's ticket to fame. But hey, it's a start. We'll see where he takes it from here.
