According to Latino Review, who have been spot on so far in their Conan casting exclusives, Nichols will play Conan's love interest Tamara, edging out out other contenders like Cloverfield’s Jessica Lucas and the L Word’s Sarah Shahi. Nichols is best known to CBM fans as playing Scarlett in GI Joke and the green skinned chick in Star Trek.
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Here is the casting call for Tamra:
Tamara is 18 to 24 years old, Caucasian or Middle Eastern, open to all ethnicities; beautiful, studious, correct, a novitiate of a Greek influenced monastery. A master of martial arts, she has been trained to be the Queen’s servant, bodyguard and best friend. She and many other female bodyguards to the queen have been in hiding most of their lives because of the curse of Acheron, which would take the queen’s life to bring almost immortal power to its king. When Khalar Singh, a powerful warlord with ambitions to become the king of Acheron, storms the monastery and captures all of the novitiates, she is separated from Ilira, the one she must protect. With all of her strength and will, Tamara is determined to find and rescue her. She finds herself in league with Conan because of a mutual need to find Khalar Singh. She is not in the least intimidated by Conan’s size or grim demeanor and their alliance eventually blossoms into something that surprises them both…
Nichols is actually the second GI Joe actor to be cast in Conan. Leo Howard, who played young Snake Eyes will play young Conan. Maybe Channing Tatum could play his brother or something?
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