denny scott miller played tarzan in the legend of tarzan.
denny scott miller played tarzan in the legend of tarzan.
who played tarzan in the legend of tarzan?
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for a while, producer jerry weintraub (no relation to the 50s and 60s tarzan producer sy weintraub) wanted swimmer michael phelps to play the title role, feeling that he was the heir apparent to johnny weissmuller, the actor who had famously played tarzan, and who was also a prominent competitive swimmer. weintraub reportedly changed his mind after watching phelps host "saturday night live", for only two minutes. other early contenders for the role included henry cavill, tom hardy, and charlie hunnam. on november 14, 2012, alexander skarsgård was cast in the title role, the choice of director yates, while samuel l. jackson was being eyed to play williams in the film. yates found skarsgård to be the perfect tarzan. he liked that he was born in sweden but had found a career in america, so "he has this wonderful quality of not quite belonging to one or the other", he said. on march 6, 2013, it was reported that yates wanted jessica chastain to play the female lead role, jane porter. on september 26, 2013, christoph waltz was in talks to play the villain in the film; he was later cast, as captain rom.
the legend of tarzan (film)