Who ever said that Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid isn't good for anything? One of its stars, Matthew Marsden, is still getting work in Hollywood! Yes, the former Corrie actor has landed a role in Transformers 2, apparently playing a British soldier.
Marsden, who recently appeared in Rambo and Resident Evil: Extinction (we'll be polite and just not mention DOA: Dead or Alive) is once again playing an army type, this time a member of British Special Forces called Graham. Since the whole robot-fighting thing goes worldwide this time, he'll be working alongside Tyrese and Josh Duhamel's American troops - but we don't know much more than that since Michael Bay ain't talking. MTV does report, however, that the role of Graham (somehow a rather unthreatening name) has been beefed up for the actor, testament to how impressed Bay was by him.
Filming's due to start in just a few weeks. But we still have two questions: 1. If there are going to be up to 20 robots fighting at once, as recently reported, how much time are any of the human cast going to have to do anything? and 2. Weren't you a tiny bit disappointed that that headline doesn't mean that James Marsden was cast instead? Matthew's lovely and all, but James is lovely *and *he can sing.