Conan Main Villain Has Been Cast

Conan Main Villain Has Been Cast

Hit the jump to see who Conan will be facing up against. . . and it's not Shad Gaspard!

By DogsOfWar - Feb 25, 2010 02:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Conan
Source: Latino Review

Latino Review just reported that Mixed Martial Arts superstar Bob Sapp will play the character Ukafa and joins the cast that includes Jason Momoa as the title character and Leo Howard.



The site also has a casting breakdown on the character as well, which you can read below.

Ukafa is in his 30s-40, very dark-skinned African or African American, massively framed at six-foot-five, gold-toothed, hardened by a lifetime of war, a leader of Kushite Tribemen from the savannahs of Kush. Ukafa is Khalar Singh’s second in command, jealous that Singh’s son, Fariq, will one day be warlord. He obeys his leader but plots the overthrow of his son. He is a mighty warrior and unbeatable in battle—until he comes face to face with Conan.

Production is slated to start next month in Bulgaria.
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DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 2/25/2010, 2:56 PM
Looks like Shad Gaspard didn't get the job. There's gotta be a CBM out there for him.
BLADE44
BLADE44 - 2/25/2010, 2:59 PM
Bob Sapp is a joke this movie must be slated for straight to DVD!!
icebergslick
icebergslick - 2/25/2010, 3:06 PM
FAIL!!!!
shiftysharp
shiftysharp - 2/25/2010, 3:11 PM
you have to take into account bob sapps outstanding performance in the longest yard lol, surprised the guy aint on stage :p
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 2/25/2010, 3:14 PM
I haven't seen one bit of good news for this movie yet. I'm actually glad Shad didn't make it. He seems too good of a guy to get stuck in this crapfest!
ATOMbomb
ATOMbomb - 2/25/2010, 3:20 PM
I was really looking forward to this movie..now not so much. Idk though we could be surprised. Nothing will ever touch the originals.
heyDS
heyDS - 2/25/2010, 3:24 PM
This movie really does sound more and more poopyfied by each post.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 2/25/2010, 3:26 PM
They go from a questionable actor (that I thought would do a decent job with the role) to a non-actor. Lovely. Latino Review has been spotty with their info lately, so I am really hoping this is one of their inaccurate reports.
SkWiRlDaDdY
SkWiRlDaDdY - 2/25/2010, 3:31 PM
EPIC FAIL!!! SHOULDA USED THE GREAT KHALI! LMFAO
Mother
Mother - 2/25/2010, 3:35 PM
Hulk Hogan needs to be in this...
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 2/25/2010, 3:40 PM
Awww, was hoping Shad would get it actually.
Talontd
Talontd - 2/25/2010, 3:45 PM
You guys are getting ridiculous! You act like the 1st two films were filled with Academy Award winners!!!!

Listen, if you don't like Mamoa as the lead I get it....but why the need to pick this film apart at every opportunity? If I remember correctly, the only established actor from either film was James Earl Jones. Maybe your fond memories of the 1st two are causing you to forget, but those movies were ABSOLUTE CHEESE-FESTS!

Thing is......it just worked, and admittedly because of Arnold. His charisma and presence radiated on-screen, catapulting him to stardom.

It remains to be seen if Mamoa can emulate the presence of Arnold....this movie is on his shoulders. But there is no reason to pick apart what is sure to be a mediocre cast....it always was a mediocre cast.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 2/25/2010, 3:54 PM
I am not picking the movie apart. I am picking the choice of who plays the bad guy apart. ;-) I am fine with Mamoa if he is bulking up right now. If he is scrawny for the movie... then I will pick the movie apart. Like you said, Conan needs to look the part and have the presence over the acting ability....just as we saw with Arnold.
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 2/25/2010, 3:57 PM
Good point Talontd, but the thing is Arnold made those movies into the classics they are today. When they were made, Conan was relatively low on the radar. Conan opened up the door to this genre. Most every sword & sorcery movie owes its start to Conan.

To go back to a classic movie and make it mediocre is blasphemy.
thatiscrazy
thatiscrazy - 2/25/2010, 3:58 PM
Scorpion King meets pathfinder :(
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 2/25/2010, 4:00 PM
"To go back to a classic movie and make it mediocre is blasphemy."

*Nods head in agreement* Exactly.
phenomenon
phenomenon - 2/25/2010, 4:03 PM
bob sap.....hahahahahahaha I saw this guy fight in the K1 against our dutch fighters....... this guy is a bum, a push-over, a 160 kg all show but no go!! big and strong, but slow and lame with a glass jaw....... sorry, but really can't see him as a villan!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/25/2010, 4:04 PM
GET RID OF STARGATE BOY and we have a movie!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/25/2010, 4:05 PM
SHAD deserves better than this sh1t anyways!
Charged4ever
Charged4ever - 2/25/2010, 4:14 PM
I wanted Shad to get it
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 2/25/2010, 4:23 PM
Thats one big old boy.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 2/25/2010, 4:48 PM
IF THIS MASSIVE MUSCLED OUT GUY WILL BE FACING OFF WITH MAMOA..MAMOA BETTER BULK UP...BIG TIME. I'M GUESSING, AND THIS IS JUST A GUESS..THEY WANT A LEANER YET MORE CUNNING CONAN..I MEAN HOLYWOOD HAS DONE THINGS TO FAN LOVED MOVIE CHARACTERS BUT I MEAN CONAN..CMON ITS CONAN.
Talontd
Talontd - 2/25/2010, 5:31 PM
I was just trying to get across that it doesn't really matter who plays the villian's bodyguard....this film will succeed or fail based on Mamoa's performance. I've always liked him in Atlantis, and he is f*ckin NICE with a sword!

Sapp isn't playing the Leader of the Tribesman, he's essentially playing the Leaders' bodyguard....i role that i doubt will require alot of lines...

Who knows, we'll see. Hopefully, the trailer will be kick-ass!

BTW, Mamoa definitely needs to beat up some animals!!
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 2/25/2010, 5:49 PM
I wouldn't mind getting Sapp in a ring, or a cage break an arm on him. This guy isn't shit and does not intimidate at all.
KiddSoul
KiddSoul - 2/25/2010, 5:51 PM
Yo guys it's Conan! Remember the original cast of the first films hmmm,lets see here....Grace Jones(wtf),Wilt Chamberlain(wtfx2)r.i.p, the rest are okay to mediocre nothing really stellar about acting.

I don't know what this movie will bring to the table. Bob Sapp? This is a movie about warriors and I can't think of any great Black actors that is physically imposing as Bob Sapp.

Justin Momoa have some decent acting skills and his looks can vary considerably. I think he may pull it off. And maybe outdo Arnie,NOT! Maybe...
Talontd
Talontd - 2/25/2010, 6:12 PM
@ASSASSIN

Yea, but that's cuz your a MMA, as I am. You have to remember, the average guy doesn't know he's all bark and no bite.
Saemus13
Saemus13 - 2/25/2010, 6:28 PM
It's funny...I guess if sapp says he likes comics or is a huge conan fan then everyones on his bandwagon? At least he's been in front of a camera..
DDD
DDD - 2/25/2010, 7:14 PM
They're goin' FULL-RETARD on this movie!

Robert E. Howard is rollin' over in his grave!

Oh, the complete sorriness of it all!
Oh, the poor CONAN die hards like me!
Oh, the humanity of it all!

lol
DDD
DDD - 2/25/2010, 7:17 PM
KIDDSOUL, Are you on BAD CRACK???
This movie is gonna blow like a HURRICANE!!!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 2/25/2010, 7:18 PM
I DUNNO GUYS I LIKE SEEING A MUSCLE BOUND BRUTE OF A WARRIOR CHOPPING HEADS AND SNAPPING NECKS, THIS COULD BECONE A BROTHER OF THE SCORPION KING..
SHO1138
SHO1138 - 2/25/2010, 8:00 PM
Bob Sapp next years best supporting actor-- I can see it now.

"Conan broke'id my nose" ;p
SHO1138
SHO1138 - 2/25/2010, 8:08 PM
@Talontd

The first Conan is far from a cheese fest. Still stands up as one of the best sword and sorcery films ever. Best beheading of all time!

Now the second one... 100% Gouda!
wwedx377
wwedx377 - 2/25/2010, 8:28 PM
ONE PUNCH AND HE SAT DOWN


thegreek
thegreek - 2/25/2010, 9:44 PM
This Movie is EPIC FAIL
NERO
NERO - 2/25/2010, 11:09 PM
DOCTOR!!! WE CAN'T STOP THE BLEEDING!!! ...oh, oh no. He's gone. Conan is dead.

Yeah, DDD I feel ya, man. If they are going to screw things up this bad, I'd be willing to wait another twenty years to get a kick ass Conan to make Howard proud, than something that'd make the poor depressed bastard roll over in his grave.
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