Tom Cruise has found his leading lady for the upcoming big-screen reboot of Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander is in talks to join the cast, which includes Cruise and Armie Hammer.
Guy Ritchie is on board to direct the adaptation of the classic 1960s TV series that followed the spy adventures of American agent Napoleon Solo and Soviet agent Illya Kuryakin. Cruise is playing Solo, while Hammer is playing Kuryakin.
Vikander will play a British agent who has a thing for cars. The character did not appear in the TV series nor the short-lived spinoff, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., and is a new creation.
Alicia Vikander has been on Game of Thrones and in Swedish films also where she has shown her acting chops in such films as Kronjuvelerna, or the Crown Jewels in English.
Tom Cruise as the Man From U.N.C.L.E? I think that suspending disbelief will be a Herculean challenge for most viewrs…Oh thats right the Man from U.N.C.L.E. was almost 2 generations ago, only us seniors will be able to make the comparison…