The man who once played Jesus Christ is about to step into the shoes of a completely different kind of legendary historical figure. Jim Caviezel will fill the starring role in Flagship Films' "William Tell: The Legend," according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. The "fact-based retelling of the medieval legend" will follow Caviezel's Tell as he challenges the brutal rule of Hermann Gessler, to be played by Til Schweiger. The story comes from a script by Scott Reynolds and Nick Hurran; Hurran will also direct.
William Tell is commonly known as the guy who shot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow. As the legend goes, the expert marksman was arrested by agents of Gessler for refusing to bow in the monarch's name. Tell was then offered a chance at freedom, provided he could shot an apple off of his son's head with a crossbow. Read More...
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