Armie Hammer to Ride as The Lone Ranger Opposite Johnny Depp's Tonto
He's 6'5", 220 pounds, and there's... one of him! According to Deadline, The Social Network's Armie Hammer has been tapped for Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, in which he'll play the titular Old West masked crusader opposite Johnny Depp as Tonto. After the film's long and winding road to development, Hammer marks the last major piece of the HR puzzle although Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have yet to find the requisite love interest and villain. Any ideas as to who'd make a good foil to both Hammer's stoic All-American boyishness and Depp's worldly swagger? [Deadline]
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Congrats to him. The role did wonders for the career of Klinton Spilsbury.
Can I play the requisite love interest?
Millions of movie going teens are scratching their heads and saying, 'who's the Long Ranger?'
Who's the Long Ranger? Um...Dirk Diggler?
"Why he's The Green Hornet's Great Uncle!"
"The Dude from Superbad?"
Did the Lone Ranger *have* a requisite love interest?
Isn't that why they call him the LONE ranger?
Or maybe you mean Tonto's love interest? In which case... Sofia Vergara? Salma Hayek? I'd go for "exotic".
I hope they find a good role for his twin.
Wait, what?
if armie hammer is playing the lone ranger, who is playing the baking soda?
I'm sure whatever villain they fight against will be threatening a local old man and his hot daughter
The villain in this film HAS to be played by Billy Zane. Seriously, the guy was born to play a moustache twirling bad guy - he just oozes campiness.
For reals, yo.
Wait, I always thought Tonto WAS The Ranger's love interest?? I'm SO confused now.
Johnny Depp is playing Tonto, hollywood spits in the faces of native americans again. I know Depp is half native american but he didn't get the role because of that he got it because hes Johnny Depp.