In the opening scenes of new spy thriller The Bourne Supremacy, a Russian hitman packing an arsenal of weapons pursues Matt Damon’s character, Jason Bourne, through a bustling seaside village in Goa, India. The hitman in India, an assassin named Kirill, is played by Wellington-born Karl Urban, and Marton Csokas, who hails from Invercargill, plays the German killer, Jarda. It begs the question, why does Hollywood think New Zealanders make great assassins? [More]

Fletch writes: In the British football magazine, FourFourTwo, there is an article/interview with Elijah Wood, his support of West Ham, and work on ‘The Yank.’ [More]

A British opera singer-turned-actor is the latest to join Peter Jackson’s NZ$200 million King Kong, which starts shooting in Wellington next month. Lobo Chan, who has sung in British productions of Turandot, La Boheme, The Marriage of Figaro and other operas, and in BBC dramas including Sweet and Sour, will play a character called Choy. [More]