Karl Urban
April 28, 2009 by Maura Reilly
Filed under Actors 2Watch4
Ode to Karl Urban:
Oh Karl Urban, how I love thee, let me count the ways!
Pierce me with an arrow of thy love, oh winged god. (It began with a guest starring role as Cupid on “Xena”.)
Horse master and master of my heart, I am your willing servant. (Then he rode across the plains of Rohan in The Two Towers and Return of the King)
I am boneless, without will and require your passionate care. (And now he’s playing Doctor McCoy in the new Star Trek.)
Wow, I am an appallingly bad poet. I’ll stick to my normal writing technique and spare you all further discomfort.
I’ve been a fan of Mr. Urban’s work for quite some time now. With the exception of some early stuff he did in New Zealand I think I’ve seen the majority of his work. Hell I even own a copy of The Irrefutable Truth About Demons (2000). Don’t judge. It was a gift. Karl has a presence on screen that is commanding. He’s had to hold his own opposite larger than life actors like Vin Disel (The Chronicles of Riddick 2004), The Rock (Doom 2005) and Clancy Brown (Pathfinder 2007). Karl so convinced Pathfinder director Marcus Nispel that he was a Russian when he played a hit man out to get Jason Bourne in The Bourne Supremacy (2004) that Nispel feared they’d never get him to play the Viking raised by Native Americans in pre-Columbus North America. Well das vedonya for pursuing that avenue. We got Karl in a loincloth!
With the release of the Star Trek prequel (do we call it that?) its fun to point out that Karl has played another iconic character in the early years. In 2008 Karl played “Lonesome Dove” Texas Ranger Woodrow Call opposite Steve Zahn’s Gus McCrae. It’s available on DVD and worth seeing just for Val Kilmer’s interesting performance. But his portrayal of “Bones” that I’m most looking forward to. From what I’m hearing Karl injects a little humor into the mix and may very well be the stand out performance of the film. Just sit back and watch this guy. Mark my words, you all will be spouting poetry soon enough!
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Official Movie Site: Star Trek (2009)
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