Mel Gibson to play Polish King?
Reports have emerged that Mel ‘Mad Max’ Gibson has been approached to play King Jan Sobieski in an epic movie about the 1683 Siege of http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=120.
Wroclaw-based producer Mariusz Bielak would like Gibson to both star in and direct the picture, and he is optimistic that the Australian maverick will come on board:
“All the signs show that he is interested in this project and its theme,” Bielak was quoted as saying in Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. “It’s his cup of tea.”
The film, which has a working title of Victoria (The Victory), is being billed as the most lavish Polish film of all time, with predicted costs running to 120 million zl. That’s six times more costly than Quo Vadis, which currently holds the national record.The script has already been completed by celebrated screenwriter Cezary Harasimowicz. The writer became transfixed by the material, and he promises heady sub-plots involving spies, intrigue and of course, the oft-chronicled romance between Sobieski and his French Queen.
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