Five Kiwi actors who could play Boba Fett in the standalone Star Wars movie
This past weekend's news that Disney have greenlit a standalone Star Wars movie on bounty hunter Boba Fett should be exciting agents of Kiwi actors.
After all, 2002's Attack of the Clones established the Kamino-born Boba and his "clone" Dad Jango as very much polynesian in looks and sporting our distinctive vowel sounds.
With that in mind, here's Stuff's picks for a quintet of Kiwi actors for director James Mangold to consider to don the jet park and the Mandalorian armour.
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CLIFF CURTIS
Although he might be rather busy with Avatar over the next few years, this might be just the role one of Rotorua's finest exports has been looking for (and Hollywood has been trying to find him).
As roles in everything from Three Kings to Fear the Walking Dead have shown, Curtis would bring just the right amount of physicality, intelligence and gravitas to the character.
DANIEL LOGAN
Despite his acting career not exactly "kicking on" (Sharknado 4 anyone?), why not ask the now 30-year-old Aucklander to reprise the role that gave him his big break in 2002?
Also, in his favour, the fact he's been voicing the character in the Clone Wars animated series, and the fact he became a US citizen last year.
JAMES ROLLESTON
Even though they didn't exactly set the box office alight, both The Dark Horse and The Dead Lands earned favourable reviews Stateside.
Now aged 20, Rolleston could be the perfect fit physically to portray Boba's attempts to follow in his father's footsteps.
JULIAN DENNISON
To paraphrase Zoolander's Mugatu, the 15-year-old Lower Hutt schoolboy "is so hot right now".
An impressive turn in Deadpool 2 will have done Dennison's Hollywood stock a lot of favours, so if Mangold decides to pick up the action where Attack left off, the Hunt for the Wilderpeople star would bring just the right amount of sass and chutzpah.
TEMUERA MORRISON
With "Tem" set to re-enter the superhero genre in this year's Aquaman, why not make Jango himself play his own clone "son"?
Mangold's world-weary, grizzled take on Wolverine – 2017's Logan – was a roaring success, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility to see Disney asking him to tell Boba's story in a similar way.