EDGE OF THE WORLD TRAILER WITH JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS |
Edge of the World will hit VOD later this June
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Over at Digital Spy we spied today the first trailer for historical adventure which will hit UK streaming platforms in late June,
EDGE OF THE WORLD (formerly known as The White Rajah) a new historical movie from director
Michael Haussman in which
Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head hunting - only to face charges of
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Dominic Monaghan lead the cast
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murder and piracy himself. He was the real-life 19th century inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King and also Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim!
THE RULER OF SARAWAK
Born in Bengal to a British expatriates, Brooke would join the Bengal
Army of the British East India Company before being seriously wounded
and
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| The film was helmed by Michael Haussman, director of music videos |
sent to England to recover. Having inherited a small fortune, he
later bought a 142-ton boat and set sail for Borneo in 1838 in order to
escape a certain
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| The movie was filmed in English and a mix of local Sarawak dialect |
romantic scandal. After falling in love with this
tropical paradise, he fought pirates and the Sultan’s enemies to win, in
1841, a crown as Rajah of Sarawak,
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| Dominic Monaghan plays Rajah's right hand and friend |
where he ruled a jungle kingdom
larger than England until his death in 1868.
Brooke was knighted by Queen Victoria for his bravery, but went on to
defy the monarch when the British Empire tried to colonize Sarawak. The
reign of
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| The first idea to make this movie appeared back in 2010. |
the White Rajah lasted three generations across a century, and
the family's legacy is now immortalised in the recently opened Brooke
Gallery at Fort Margherita in Kuching, Sarawak.
Who Is In The Rajah's Cast?
Beside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the lead role, the cast also includes Hong Kong singer-turned-actress
Josie Ho as Madame Lim, the explorer's former lover and Chinese leader, and
Dominic Monaghan who is playing
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| The movie written by Rob Alyn was shot last year at Borneo |
Colonel Arthur Crookshank, Brooke’s cousin and comrade-in-arms.
Ralph Ineson plays Sir Edward Beech with
Hannah New as Elizabeth Crookshank. The rest of the cast is made of native actors.
I've liked Jonathan Rhys Meyers ever since he played a vampire on the show, Dracula.
ReplyDeleteThat show wasn't as eternal as Dracula is :)
DeleteLooks good. I don't think I've seen Dominic Monaghan in anything since LOST.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen him since Lord of the Rings.
DeleteI like Dominic Monaghan! This seems really entertaining.
ReplyDeleteHope we will manage to see it, I love exotic adventures.
DeleteI agree with Theresa. Whenever I see Dominic Monaghan, I immediately think of Lost with his hand against the glass right before he drowns! Bleh, gives me shivers every time.
ReplyDeleteNever watched that one, sadly.
DeleteI've last watched Dominic Monaghan in Lost and then saw him in some survival reality show. 😏 Thought he went that route and possibly quit acting altogether. 🤷♂️ Guess not.
ReplyDeleteThe proof is above LOL
DeleteLost was good for the first few seasons, but I think they lost track of where they wanted the show to go by trying to stump the audience instead of focusing on a plot. I ended up giving up on it for awhile, but did end up catching back up on it when it ran its course. I don't think you missed much by skipping it.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when they ruin a show! Sometimes they have the plot but not the stories, sadly.
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