Willem DaFoe was born to play an alien. So it’s good news that he’s been cast as one of the leading alien roles in Disney/Pixar’s upcoming adaptation of John Carter of Mars. According to Variety he’ll play Tars Tarkas, a fierce, green skinned Martian warrior.
In Edger Rice Burroughs original “John Carter” universe, Mars is populated by two distinct races. One, human in appearance, represents civilization. The other, more alien looking and green skinned is a race of barbarians. John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) befriends leaders both groups and leads them into battle. In fact, Tars Tarkas is the first Martian John encounters and he quickly becomes John’s chief companion. He’s present in all the books, at Carter’s side. That should mean plenty of DaFoe, and really you can’t go wrong with that.
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