‘Paradise Lost:’ Dominic Purcell Going To Hell, Diego Boneta Is Adam
Legendary Entertainment andAlex Proyasare pulling more people into the big-budget and effects-heavy version ofParadise Lostthat will feature several major sci-fi tinged battles between armies of angels and, er, fallen angels.
The latest to sign on areDiego Boneta, who will play Adam oppositeCamille Belle’sEve, andDominic PurcellfromPrison Break, who will play the fallen angel Jerahmeel.
Deadlinehas the news about Diego Boneta, the Mexican actor who might be unfamiliar to a lot of US audiences. His big English-language roles so far have been onPretty Little Liarsand90210. But he’s playing one of the leads in the film version of the jukebox musicalRock of Ages, which also features Tom Cruise in a major role. So we’ll all get a better idea of who Boneta is when that marketing begins to kick in.
Meanwhile,THRreports that Purcell will be “an angel who falls in with Lucifer and ultimately becomes the Dark One’s right-hand man as the renamed Moloch.” Moloch is a name that has been associated with a number of different deities and rituals in different cultures, but the name typically comes back to one that is representative of sacrifice. As Milton said in the original Paradise Lost text,
First Moloch, horrid King besmear’d with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents tears, though, for the noyse of Drums and Timbrels loud, their children’s cries unheard that passed through fire to his grim Idol.
Bradley Cooper,Ben Walker,Casey Affleck,Callan McAuliffe, andDjimon Hounsouwill also be in the film, which is planned for release in 2013 after an shoot (which will begin soon in Australia) and extensive post-production process.
