Quinton Jackson to portray B.A. Baracus

Posted on September 9, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Directors, Remake, TV show

Earlier this week I posted about director Steven  Soderbergh casting Gina Carano, the mixed martial arts fighter, in his up coming film “Knockout.” Apparently that was some sort of casting trend. If you look good AND have the right fighting skills – you’re the next star in Hollywood. Sure, we’ve seen that before but most often it’s been movie projects in the “straight-to-dvd” section… Now famous directors casts more or less “acting rookies” in big budget productions.

Anyway, next up is former UFC world light heavyweight champion – Quinton Jackson. Dark Horizons reports that Jackson is now locked in to portray Sgt. “B.A.” Baracus (originally played by Mr. T) in Fox’s upcoming film remake of 80′s TV series classic “The A-Team.”

Jackson arrived in Vancouver on Friday to begin filming the role on the production that will shoot over the next six weeks. Jackson joins Bradley Cooper as Face, Liam Neeson as Hannibal, and a still as yet undisclosed star as ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock.

Joe Carnahan is directing. “The A-Team” will hit cinemas next June.

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