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Sep 19, 2023 · By Christian Allaire. September 19, 2023. Photo: Courtesy of Everett Collection. I was only 11 when Underworld came out in 2003, but I remember being instantly transfixed by Kate...
© 2024 Google LLC. Underworld veteran Kate Beckinsale chats about what its like to resurrect her now notorious vampire digs for a fourth movie.
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Underworld is a 2003 action horror film directed by Len Wiseman in his feature film directorial debut, from a screenplay by Danny McBride, based on a story by Kevin Grevioux, Wiseman, and McBride. The film stars Kate Beckinsale , Scott Speedman , Michael Sheen , Shane Brolly , and Bill Nighy .
May 15, 2015 · Underworld Awakening only turned a profit thanks to a solid turnout in foreign theaters. Apparently, a werewolf-slaying Kate Beckinsale in a leather catsuit translates to any language.
- The idea for Underworld was Blade Runner meets The Howling meets Romeo and Juliet. Underworld began when Len Wiseman—who had previously done prop work on film and TV and directed music videos—took a meeting with a studio about directing his first feature film.
- The story’s roots are scientific. Many of the traditional rules around vampires and werewolves don’t fly in the Underworld universe—the movie’s vampires can see their reflections in mirrors, for example, and the Lycans can transform at will, not just during a full moon.
- Selene was inspired by a comic book character. Grevioux, a huge comic book fan, told Coming Soon that “The model for Selene was the psychic vampire of the Hellfire Club in the X-Men comics—the Black Queen Selene.”
- Halle Berry could have played Selene. In 2017, the Underworld Facebook page revealed that Halle Berry had been “considered” to play Selene. Kate Beckinsale ultimately nabbed the role, and Berry would go on to don a skintight black costume of her own in 2004’s Catwoman.
Jan 6, 2017 · Kate Beckinsale as Selene in the Underworld series Beckinsale’s signature move in this franchise seems to be jumping from ridiculous heights. While we’ll accept that vampires can survive 10-story leaps, this latex suit cannot.
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Selene is a character and the main protagonist of the Underworld film franchise, in which she is portrayed by Kate Beckinsale. The character is introduced in the first film, Underworld , as an elite vampire assassin known as a " Death Dealer " who hunts down the Lycans for allegedly murdering her family.
