Babylon's Diesel Finds Inner Cynic Posted by supernatural66 at Thursday, August 21, 2008 0 comments Labels: Archived Movies

Vin Diesel, star of the upcoming SF action film Babylon A.D., told reporters that several factors figured into his decision to sign on for the project, including a familiarity with writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz and the opportunity to play a cynical, skeptical hero.

Based on the book Babylon Babies by French author Maurice Georges Dantec, Babylon A.D. is set in the near future and stars Diesel (Pitch Black) as Toorop, an idealistic mercenary who's hired to deliver a young woman, Aurora (Melanie Thierry), from a Russian convent to New York within six days. The minute he picks her up, however, they find themselves racing to stay a step ahead of killers on their trail, as Aurora is mankind's best hope for a better future.

"There was something interesting about doing a film that had the trappings of an action film, but helmed by a French auteur," Diesel said during an interview in Manhattan on Aug. 19, referring to Kassovitz, whom he'd first met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. "That felt unique."

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