We have been pretty quiet on the G.I. JOE front so we figured as a Christmas gift to the fans we give you these two casting exclusives for Stephen Sommer’s big screen live-action adaptation of "G.I. Joe."
This is coming from our proven sources!
Storm Shadow aka Tommy S. Arashikage, Snake-Eye's brother and rival will be played by Korean Mega Star BYEONG-HEON LEE!
For all you gamers out there, his likeness was used for the main character in Capcom's game LOST PLANET.
He just wrapped a movie with Josh Harnett called, "I Come With The Rain"
His spelling under IMDB is Byung-Hun Lee. Check out his Bio "HERE"
This guy is a mega star in his native Korea. There is also a current Korean pop culture boom going on in Japan right now because of the Korean drama WINTER SONATA which he is in.
For those of you readers who are not familiar with Storm Shadow here is a little info on the character.
Storm Shadow's real name is Thomas S. Arashikage. Best known as the Cobra Commander's ninja bodyguard and assassin at times, he is the only member of the team to change sides several times, conflicted in loyalties between Cobra, G.I. Joe and his long relationship with his swordbrother Snake-Eyes. He usually wears a white uniform and mask. When out of his uniform, he is shown to be Japanese, with black hair and dark eyes. In 2007, the character's creator Larry Hama revealed an alternate name for the character, Tomisaburo Arashikage, in the solo series Storm Shadow. Although Tomisaburo is a single Japanese name, it may stand in for his middle initial in: Tommy/Thomas S Arashikage.
What about Shana "SCARLETT" O' Hara?
RACHEL NICHOLS!
She will next be seen in CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR. ALIAS fans will remember her as the girl who played RACHEL GIBSON.
Rachel is an Amazon! She stands at 5'10". She was also Yahoo's Model of the month back in September 2000.
For those of you readers who are not familiar with Scarlett here is a little info on her character.
She was the first female action figure in the G.I. Joe toy line and is also the only member of the original team to see much action in both cartoon and comic incarnations. The official line on Scarlett is that her full name is Shana M. O'Hara. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Although she is as adept with standard weapons as any of her comrades, her weapon of choice is the crossbow, which fires various bolts with specialized functions. Her rank is Master Sergeant, and she serves from time to time as team leader. Her primary specialty for the team is counter intelligence and is additionally skilled in martial arts and acrobatics.
She has long red hair, which she tends to put up into a pony tail. In some of her appearances, it is shown she may speak with a southern drawl or localized Georgian Accent.
Her quote is "Beauty may only be skin deep, but lethal is to the bone"
G.I. Joe is due out to hit theaters on August 7th 2009.
