Ving Rhames joins Master Harold

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Ving Rhames is taking on the lead role in the big-screen adaptation of Athol Fugard’s 1982 play Master Harold … and the Boys. This is a role Danny Glover made his own in the original Broadway production.

The movie, which will be shooting on location in South Africa, is being directed by Emmy-winning director Lonny Price. This is his feature film debut.

Price stared opposite Glover in the Broadway play under Fugard’s direction. He also directed the 2003 revival.

Rhames will be playing the lead role of Sam, a dignified, noble waiter who is a father figure to Hally played by Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory).

South African actor Patrick Mofokeng, winner of a 2007 Golden Horn award for best actor in a TV series for his role in The Good Provider rounds out the lead cast as Willie, a younger and more light-hearted waiter preparing for a ballroom dancing competition.

The screen adaptation of Master Harold is penned by actor Nicky Rebelo. The script will by expanding on the original play to have more action and a larger setting.

Ving Rhames is probably most well know for his role as Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction as well as his role in the Mission Impossible films has also stared in Dawn Of The Dead (2004), Idlewild and Con Air.

source: Hollywood Reporter

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