Dakota Fanning & Michael Sheen Joins Twilight Sequel New Moon
Actress Dakota Fanning and actor Michael Sheen will join the band wagon of Twilight’s sequel New Moon. Dakota will play the immortal, cunningly baby face vampire Jane while Sheen will act as Aro, the leader of the Volturi family.
The deceptively angelic-looking and of course immortal Jane, a member of the ancient Italian clan of vampires known as the Volturi, enters the frame when Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his broody, squeal-inducing coif make their way over to Italy in the wake of…well, what can only be described as a spoiler alert.
Back in January, Fanning told E! News that she is a “big fan” of the series. And, it seems, of now costar Kristen Stewart.
Michael Sheen, 40, will play Aro, the leader of the deadly Volturi vampire coven that wants to ensure humans never find out bloodsuckers exist.
Sheen is best known for playing David Frost in last year’s Oscar-nominated Frost/Nixon and as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2006’s Oscar-winning film The Queen with Helen Mirren.
New Moon isn’t the first movie in which Sheen portrays a monster: He also appeared in 2003’s Underworld starring Kate Beckinsale as the leader of the werewolves, Lucian. He also starred on the Underworld prequel, Rise of the Lycans.
New Moon will be shown on November 20, 2009.