scifiwire
12-11-2009, 01:01 PM
The veteran actor who plays the ass-kicking heavy in Avatar originally auditioned for Aliens.
<img border="0" alt="Why it took <i>Avatar</i>'s villain 30 years to get the job" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/12/Avatar_Lang_AMP_2-thumb-550x308-29974.jpg"><p>What most people may not know about Stephen Lang—the veteran actor who plays the ass-kicking heavy, Col. Miles Quaritch, in director James Cameron's upcoming 3-D sci-fi epic <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/avatars-cameron-shrugs-of.php" target="outside"><i>Avatar</i></a>—is that he's waited to work for Cameron for 30 years: He originally read for a Colonial Marine role in Cameron's <i>Aliens</i>, way back in 1985. But it took until <i>Avatar</i> for him to finally land a part. </p>
<p>"It was the longest call back in history," Lang said with a laugh.<br />
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More... (http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/why-it-took-avatars-villa.php)
<img border="0" alt="Why it took <i>Avatar</i>'s villain 30 years to get the job" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/12/Avatar_Lang_AMP_2-thumb-550x308-29974.jpg"><p>What most people may not know about Stephen Lang—the veteran actor who plays the ass-kicking heavy, Col. Miles Quaritch, in director James Cameron's upcoming 3-D sci-fi epic <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/avatars-cameron-shrugs-of.php" target="outside"><i>Avatar</i></a>—is that he's waited to work for Cameron for 30 years: He originally read for a Colonial Marine role in Cameron's <i>Aliens</i>, way back in 1985. But it took until <i>Avatar</i> for him to finally land a part. </p>
<p>"It was the longest call back in history," Lang said with a laugh.<br />
</p>
More... (http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/why-it-took-avatars-villa.php)