Irina Shayk makes her movie debut in a new film alongside comparative veterans Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Ian McShane and John Hurt. The Russian beauty stars as Hercules’ love interest Megara and she is given plenty of screen time in including a scene that sees her strip off for a bath.
The film, one of two Hercules adventures to be released in 2014, introduces us to Hercules after he completes his fabled twelve labours but he is soon tested when the King of Thrace, played by Hurt, enlists his help in overthrowing an evil warlord.
Directed by Brett Ratner with a budget of $110 million, the film relies on CGI to breathe life into the Thracian word created by graphic novelist Moore. The new film sees Johnson do battle with a series of legendary creatures, amongst them the nine headed Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar and the three-headed dog Cerberus.
Ratner’s latest movie follows unrelated box office disappointment The Legend of Hercules, which was released to lukewarm critical responses in January. However, Johnson remained confident that it would bear no impact on his own version of the Hercules legend.
He told USA Today: ‘When a movie is not built on a foundation of passion then you roll the dice and run the risk of making something that is not up to par. And I think in that case, that was the type of movie that they made. It came, it went, and I believe it had no impact on our movie. 'I think it helped our movie because of the quality of the movie that they made. But we made a good movie.
He added: ‘When you make a good movie you have got a shot of doing okay at the box office. What I am confident about is the connection we will have with the audience.’ Hercules is released through Paramount on July 25.
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