Alex Proyas is digging into his phone contacts list for the latest piece of Paradise Lost casting, as he’s now added Dark City star Rufus Sewell to the ensemble.
Sewell will play Samael, an ardent supporter of Lucifer (Bradley Cooper) and the one partly responsible for the huge scrap in Heaven when he convinces the troubled archangel to kick up a rebellion.
**Paradise Lost **follows the fallout of that fateful decision, which is also sparked by Lucifer’s disgust at God’s love for his latest creations, Adam (Diego Boneta) and Eve (Camilla Belle).
Also in the cast are Ben Walker, Casey Affleck, Sam Reid, Callan McAuliffe, Dominic Purcell and Djimon Hounsou.
Sewell last showed up in The Tourist, and he’ll next be seen as a villain in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which also features Walker as the title character.
Proyas is gearing up to start shooting the predominately performance-captured film this coming January in Australia.