Chris Hemsworth may play opposite Kristen Stewart in ‘Snow White’
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Chris Hemsworth, currently in theaters with the comic-book blockbuster ‘Thor,’ is up for the huntsman role in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ starring Kristen Stewart.
The Australian actor and Universal Pictures were in talks Tuesday, and Hemsworth has officially been offered the huntsman role in the big-budget adaption of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, EW.com reported. In this version of the story, the character -- traditionally commissioned by the evil queen to hunt down and kill Snow White -- will be training the heroine to fight the evil queen herself.
However, whether Hemsworth signs on with the film seems to be based on whether production of ‘The Avengers’ will pose a scheduling conflict, according to MTV Movies.
Older actors including Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackson and Joel Edgerton had previously been in the running for the role, but that $66-million opening for ‘Thor’ seems to have put the 27-year-old in a plum position for casting.
Charlize Theron has already signed on to play the evil queen, and British actor Sam Claflin, whom you can scope out in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ later this month, will play the prince. Rupert Sanders will direct.
But Hollywood isn’t done rehashing fairy tales: Another brooding Snow White project is brewing and is slated for release around the same time as the Universal version.
The competitor stars Lily Collins (‘The Blind Side’) as the porcelain-faced damsel and Julia Roberts as the evil queen. ‘The Social Network’s’ Armie Hammer will play the prince and Robert Emms will play his valet. The Relativity Media film directed by Tarsem Singh recently signed Nathan Lane as the mean queen’s servant.
Which Snow White duo are you rooting for -- Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth, or Lily Collins and Armie Hammer?
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