Vinnie Jones is set to play a warlord in a new movie. The 44-year-old Hollywood tough guy has reportedly landed the role of infamous Balkan fighter Arkan in 'The Filthy War'. A source said: "It's a going to be a hard-hitting, gritty action film and Vinnie has been cast to strike the fear of God into audiences." The movie is loosely based on the true story of the late Bolivian-born war correspondent Eduardo Flores, who called for international volunteers to help defend the Croatian town of Osijek from Serbian militants. Arkan - real name Zeljko Raznatovic - was a Serbian paramilitary leader who was linked to several massacres and brutal ethnic cleansing during the conflict in the Balkans. He led...
- 7/20/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Vinnie Jones is set to play a warlord in a new movie. The 44-year-old Hollywood tough guy has reportedly landed the role of infamous Balkan fighter Arkan in 'The Filthy War'. A source said: "It's a going to be a hard-hitting, gritty action film and Vinnie has been cast to strike the fear of God into audiences." The movie is loosely based on the true story of the late Bolivian-born war correspondent Eduardo Flores, who called for international volunteers to help defend the Croatian town of Osijek from Serbian militants. Arkan - real name Zeljko Raznatovic - was a Serbian paramilitary leader who was linked to several massacres and brutal ethnic cleansing during the conflict in the Balkans. He led...
- 7/20/2009
- Monsters and Critics
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