We’re getting our first look at Henry Golding as Snake Eyes in the upcoming GI Joe’s origin story due out July 23.
He is described as a fierce loner who learns the ways of the ninja warrior from a Japanese clan called the Arashikage, according to Deadline.
Joining Golding are Andrew Koji (Warrior) as Storm Shadow, Úrsula Corberó as The Baroness, Samara Weaving as Scarlett, Haruka Abe as Akiko, Tahehiro Hira as Kenta and Iko Uwais as Hard Master.
The role is quite different from Golding’s romantic lead in Crazy Rich Asians.
“I wanted to see something different, and I wanted it to look different, to feel different,” Golding said to EW. “To be able to launch a franchise like that, it was just too good to be true — and especially with a character like Snake Eyes about whom a lot of people don’t know too much. They know him as this insane operator that completes missions and is an absolute weapon, but who’s the guy behind the mask and what’s his story?”
Paramount/MGM released the first trailer to Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Sunday.
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