Kon-Tiki’s star Tobias Santelmann grabs a role opposite Dwayne Johnson in Hercules

Norwegian actorTobias Santelmann has moved toHollywood for his next. The 32-year-old is in news for signingBrett Ratner’s directorialHercules, an MGM-Paramount action venture starringDwayne Johnson. The Oscar nominated actorSantelmann will reportedly be playing the role of Rhesus, an evil character in the flick.

Tobias is to portray agolden-locked barbarian and revolutionary and will be seen as Hercules’ main rival. With this film, the director will portray the Greek classic hero Hercules in a different form. The hero will no more be the son of Zeus i.e. immortal but will be a shade human. He will be a fearsome person this time and will head a team of armed force. Other cast already finalized isIan McShane,Joseph Fiennes,John HurtandRebecca Ferguson.

Hercules will mark asSantelmann’s first project inEnglish-language. His last flickKon-Tiki wasa Norwegian feature dramaand managed to step in for the nomination ofAcademy awards for Best Foreign Language films.Hercules is set to release byJuly 2014 and will be produced byBeau Flynn,Barry Levineand Ratner. Ryan Condal has given the screenplay for the same. By the time more revelations are done, the audience has to wait.