Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy Join Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'

Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy are boarding Christopher Nolan's "Inception," THR reports. The story, which Nolan wrote, is a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind, with Leonardo DiCaprio as a CEO type.

Watanabe will play the film's villain, a man who is blackmailing DiCaprio. Hardy is a member of DiCaprio's team.

The duo join a cast that includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard.