Mickey Rourke as Daddy Conan?

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You have to hand it to Mickey Rourke. Since almost grabbing the best actor Oscar last year for his neo-autobiographical turn in Darren Aranofsky's The Wrestler, he has been snaffling up the plum roles like Hollywood's about to go out of business. The forthcoming remake of Conan the Barbarian is the latest project to which the actor is attached, with Rourke in talks to play dad to Robert E Howard's iconic warrior.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/feb/25/arnold-schwarzenegger-conan-momoa-mickey-rourke

Some more of the cast:

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Rachel Nichols is joining the cast of Marcus Nispel’s Conan, which also stars Jason Momoa as Conan, Mickey Rourke as his father and may feature Mark Strong as the villain. Nichols will play Tamara, described as :

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Beautiful, studious, correct, a novitiate of a Greek influenced monastery. A master of martial arts, she has been trained to be the Queen’s servant, bodyguard and best friend. She and many other female bodyguards to the queen have been in hiding most of their lives because of the curse of Acheron, which would take the queen’s life to bring almost immortal power to its king. When Khalar Singh, a powerful warlord with ambitions to become the king of Acheron, storms the monastery and captures all of the novitiates, she is separated from Ilira, the one she must protect. With all of her strength and will, Tamara is determined to find and rescue her. She finds herself in league with Conan because of a mutual need to find Khalar Singh.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/05/casting-notes-benicio-del-toro-in-making-jack-falcone-four-voices-for-the-smurfs-rachel-nichols-joins-conan/#ixzz0hV0tt1j1