“Know, O Prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars – Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia,Hyperborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west. Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the earth under his sandled feet.”
Robert E. Howard – The Coming of Conan
Well, I can now talk a bit more openly about the part Marcus Shirock was up for. Marcus was one of the people being considered as Conan for the remake/reboot/new version of Conan The Barbarian. The movie will be directed by Marcus Nispel, director of “Pathfinder” and a series of horror-film remakes, and is still in pre-production. Just two weeks ago, they announced who was cast as Conan, and unfortunately, it wasn’t Marcus.
There are many people, as well as people within the movie production studio who favored not only Marcus Shirock’s look, but also his ability to transform into Conan as proved in his audition. I will say, personally, that in working with him, his idea of Conan as a character is not just an imitation or mere knock-off of Schwarzenegger… it is in tandem with Marcus own personality and form, and is more in keeping with the slightly more agile and intelligent Conan that Robert E. Howard originally wrote. We had a lot of great discussions about film making as we shot.
You can see more pictures from our session here.
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