Speed Racer is holding out for a hero - Roundtree joins cast

The fabulous acting talents of Richard Roundtree (Shaft, Heroes) has been added to the cast of the Wachowski brothers’ big screen adaptation of the cartoon classic Speed Racer. The film is currently being filmed in Germany.

Speed Racer centers on a young race driver Speed, played by Emile Hirsch, and his quest for glory in his thundering, gadget laden Mach 5. Roundtree is set to play Ben Burns, who is a racer-turned-commentator who is an icon to the fans and a hero to Speed.

On the official film site, a transcript from the Berlin press conference that announced the cast has been posted. Rondtree, at the conference, said, “”Well first of all, I knew nothing about Speed Racer, but I do have five children of varying ages and they used to come home from school and watch it, so they filled me in on what it was. When I met the Wachowski Brothers I didn’t know what they were talking about, and to be a part of something, I get a sense that it’s almost kind of like reinventing the wheel.”

Roundtree continued, “This is totally new and to be a part of that is exciting and with an international cast as well. I have been here before in Germany and it is going to be filmed in Germany in Berlin, that’s all exciting, new technology, the fact that my character loves this kid because of his integrity, because of his firm footing and having been a racer myself and took a wrong turn perhaps, I watch this kid and I see his ability and I see a bit of myself in him, and he’s a winner and he triumphs over the pitfalls that I possibly succumbed to. That’s exciting and I love watching him because I kind of live vicariously through him.”

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