Tom Hiddleston Replaces Michael Fassbender in Vampire Love Story
About eight months ago, we reported on a new vampire film being made by Broken Flowers director Jim Jarmusch. The film is called Only Lovers Left Alive, and at the time the cast included Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, and John Hurt. Today, THR is reporting extremely late that Swinton and Hurt have been cast, as this was announced last year. The one thing I did notice in the report was that Fassbender is no longer in the film, but Thor's Tom Hiddleston is. So somewhere down the line that casting changed. I'm not sure when it happened, but I don't remember seeing any news about it.
The film is described as a horror drama, an "unusual love story between two vampires who have been in love for centuries." The director went on to call it a “crypto-vampire love story” set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers. "I’ve been imagining this film for years. I can’t wait to now realise it with these remarkable collaborators."
It will be interesting to see Hiddleston and Wasikowska take on the role of vampires, I can easily see each of them pulling it off well. What do you think?