Brendan Fraser to play Wilhelm Tell
Brendan Fraser is ready to play a leading role in a stereoscopic movie dedicated to the legendary Swiss hero Wilhelm Tell. This is reported by The Hollywood Reporter. There will also be a place in the project for Anna Paquin, who is predicted to play the role of Tell's wife. According to legend, William Tell lived in the late 12th - early 14th centuries. The governor of the German emperor Gesler hung the hat of the Austrian duke on one of the streets of the city of Altdorf and ordered all the townspeople to bow to her. The skillful archer Wilhelm Tell did not obey the order, and the governor made him shoot down an apple lying on his son's head with an arrow. Tell had two arrows with him, and he confessed to Gesler that the second was intended for him. Wilhelm Tell was arrested, but managed to escape and organized a Swiss uprising, The Topic of Article: Brendan Fraser to play Wilhelm Tell. |
