'Assassin's Creed' Movie: First Look at Michael Fassbender in Full Attire [Photos]
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"X-Men: First Class" star Michael Fassbender is slated to star as Callum Lynch in the upcoming film "Assasin's Creed" set to be released in December 2016 from Sony Pictures. Entertainment Weekly reports that the studio has released the first on-set photo of the 38-year-old actor in the role, showing him in full cypher costume. Fassbender plays Callum Lynch, a character not seen in the Ubisoft game, but acts as a guide for players.
Fassbender admitted to EW that "I hadn’t played it before these guys approached me."
"I’ve played it since [being offered the job] mainly to get an idea of the physicality of the character," the actor said via phone call from Spain, where they are currently filming the highly anticipated movie. "We’re striving to find something special. We believe the whole concept around it is special and want to service that the best we can."
"The fans are really passionate: very specific and they expect accuracy and historical detail," the award-winning actor, who also appeared in 2013's "12 Years a Slave" said. "We’re really trying to capitalize and feed on and enjoy the fun element. We’re working hard to make this something special."
It seems that the film will indeed be special for the actor as Comicbook Movie reports that as per "Assassin's Creed" director Justin Kurzel, who also worked with Fassbender in "Macbeth," the actor has been doing his stunts.
"A lot of the stuff in the game is Parkour," Fassbender admitted. "Blades attached to his wrists. It’s about getting in close to the target, close quarters fighting."
The actor said it isn't as badass as it sounds, though, admitting, "I’ve learned how to roly-poly, tumble turn. Stuff you can do in everyday life. Like cartwheels—just basic fight choreography stuff."
Back in July, Kurzel sat down with IGN to discuss the film adaptation of the widely popular game, saying, "I don’t think it’s your typical one-dimensional game. It has a heart and a history to it."
"There's so much underneath it," said Kurzel. "The whole idea of memories and the whole idea of we are made up of who comes before us and within us we carry the DNA of our ancestors and we have access to those ancestors and they somehow speak to who we are now – that is just an incredibly strong, human kind of curious thing, so I think that there is something there that’s really original and really fresh and it’s no wonder it has 90 million players."
"Assassin's Creed" debuts in theaters on Dec. 21, 2016.
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