Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard, Spartacus) has been cast in the role of Kyle Reese in the Terminator reboot, opposite Emilia Clarke.
Since the casting of Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor in the upcoming Terminator reboot aka Terminator: Genesis, fan speculation has centered around who will play Kyle Reese, the oft-doomed best friend and future baby daddy of the savior of humanity.
Wonder no more, as Varietyis reporting that Jai Courtney has been cast in the high-profile role. Courtney, best known for playing John McClane’s son in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), as well as playing the doomed BFF to rebellious Spartacus on Starz’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand, seems already perfectly cast as rebellious John Connor’s best friend.
In the original Terminator film, Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is sent back in time by his fellow in arms, John Connor, to protect Connor’s mother, the still single Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Of course, John did not mention that Kyle would also become his father too…
However, Terminator: Genesis appears to be playing with the mythology, because in addition to working with Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke, Courtney will star alongside Jason Clarke in the role of an adult John Connor, a character previously unseen in the original Terminator.
Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is set to direct.
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