Edgar Ramirez has landed the role of the main villain in the currently filming
Bourne Ultimatum. The role was originally offered to
The Motorcycle Diaries star
Gael Garcia Bernal but as we reported here last week, he turned them down. The Bourne Ultimatum again stars
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne trying to discover his past identity in a flurry of cops and feds trying to take him down. It's a shame Bernal turned them down but you gotta move on. Ramirez is of Venezuelan descent and has to date only appeared in one American movie, last year's
Tony Scott action flick
Domino. I haven't seen the movie so I have no idea what Ramirez was like but I read a couple of critics praising his Hollywood debut, so this seems a good choice so far. The movie is set to be released on August 3rd 2007 and will be interesting to see how sucessful it does. If they are wanting this series to "be like Bond" so to speak and spawn a good number of films then it really needs to generate a good box office taking. source -
empire online