Check the news page at www.lesliecharteris.com for more.
It is indeed great news and very exciting!
More details and discussion at http://www.saint.org/blog/2007/12/james-purefoy-to-play-simon-templar-in.html
Finally! I've not seen Purefoy in anything so I can't really
comment. He looks alright for the part (even a bit Ogilvy-ish, in
some pics). Also nice to see they'll be filming here in Australia
(whether anything is set in Aus is another matter). I think the Saint
is such a different character to anything else in recent years (no,
the Saint is not James Bond), I fear he's almost anachronistic. But I
guess that's the whole point!
> James Purefoy.
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> Check the news page at www.lesliecharteris.com for more.
Bit of a shame, though, that they have to shoot it in Europe. Surely
The Saint sums up everything that is good about America - an
anti-authoritarian rebel who is kind and generous to the poor.
I can't imagine Simon Templar being a French surrendur-monkey - or even
worse, British!!!