That’s right, fan-fav Alan Tudyk, best known for his role of Wash in FIREFLY and SERENITY has signed on as Stephen A. Douglas in Timur Bekmambetov’s ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER adaptation.
Not knowing a hell of a lot about the history of American politics, I found out that Stephen A. Douglas was a political opponent of Lincoln who was a Illinois politician and involved in a very famous and important debate against Lincoln. He won a US Senate seat against Lincoln but was then beaten by him for the Oval Office in 1860. Douglas who was pro-slavery will be the political face of the dastardly Southern Vampires which should provide much fun for Tudyk.
So the casting for the film is shaping up very nicely with the addition of Tudyk who joins Benjamin Walker (Lincoln), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Mary Todd), Jimmi Simpson (Joshua Speed), Robin McLeavy (Nancy Hanks Lincoln), Anthony Mackie (William Seward) and British golden boy(Henry Sturgess).
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPPIRE HUNTER is out August 22nd 2012
