{"id":2206,"date":"2018-11-05T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2018-11-10T00:36:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T00:36:51","slug":"where-youve-seen-the-cast-of-alita-battle-angel-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/where-youve-seen-the-cast-of-alita-battle-angel-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Where You&#8217;ve Seen The Cast Of &#8216;Alita: Battle Angel&#8217; Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for <em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em>? The action-packed adaptation of the beloved manga is finally coming to theaters\u00a0next February\u00a0thanks to the teamwork of\u00a0producer\u00a0James Cameron and\u00a0director\u00a0Robert Rodriguez. But as you gear up for the release of this cyborg epic, your brain might be\u00a0distracted by trying to figure out how\u00a0you recognize its charismatic cast. We&#8217;ve got you covered with a rundown of the stars&#8217; most memorable career highlights.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>1.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fRosa Salazar (Alita)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1786px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/images.atomtickets.com\/image\/upload\/h_960,q_auto\/v1512767842\/ingestion-images-archive-prod\/archive\/1512767841773_233304_cops_9.jpg\" alt=\"Rosa Salazar as Alita in 'Alita: Battle Angel'\" width=\"1776\" height=\"960\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Salazar as Alita in &#8216;Alita: Battle Angel&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the girl behind those big anime eyes? Before she was\u00a0on her way to becoming\u00a0the leading lady of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/alita-battle-angel\/233304\"><em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em><\/a>, this Cuban-American actress was working the concession stand at a movie theater in Maryland. You might recognize her from her recurring roles on television, playing a murdered nursing student on <em>American Horror Story<\/em> and the pregnant Zoe DeHaven on <em>Parenthood<\/em>. However, it&#8217;s more\u00a0likely you know Salazar from her work in YA movie adaptations. With a shaved head and steely glower, she portrayed the tough-as-nails but tenderhearted Lynn in <em>The Divergent Series: Insurgent<\/em>. Then in\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Maze Runner<\/em> franchise, she scored the supporting role of\u00a0the\u00a0sharp-shooting and cunning Brenda.\u00a0They\u2019re roles that have paved the way for her to play the action-heavy lead of Alita, so it will be interesting to see how she levels up in her first lead role\u00a0in a tentpole film.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fChristoph\u00a0Waltz (Dr. Dyson\u00a0Ido)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2216\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2216\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2216\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-500x208.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-1080x450.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0acclaimed Austrian actor began his screen-acting career in the late 1970s. But he didn&#8217;t break through in the U.S.\u00a0until 2009, when he blew away North American\u00a0audiences as the charismatic yet reprehensible Nazi, Hans Landa, in Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s <em>Inglourious Basterds<\/em>. Waltz earned his first Academy Award for that performance, and a second for his 2012 re-team with Tarantino for the rip-roaring\u00a0and bloody\u00a0Western, <em>Django Unchained<\/em>. He often plays bad guys, as he has in <em>The Green Hornet<\/em>,\u00a0the 2001 version of <em>The Three Musketeers<\/em>, <em>The Legend of Tarzan<\/em> and <em>Spectre<\/em>, where he took on the role of Bond villain\u00a0Blofeld. But in <em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em>, we see a softer\u00a0side to Waltz, as he plays the father figure to its titular heroine.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fJennifer Connelly (Chiren)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2217\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2217\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jennifer-connelly-chiren-alita.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Connelly as Chiren\" width=\"1000\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jennifer-connelly-chiren-alita.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jennifer-connelly-chiren-alita-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jennifer-connelly-chiren-alita-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jennifer-connelly-chiren-alita-500x208.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Connelly as Chiren<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In her youth, Connelly became the envy of generations of teen girls when she starred as Sarah in the Jim Henson fantasy film <em>Labyrinth<\/em>, which famously starred David Bowie as\u00a0the\u00a0alluring but menacing Goblin King, Jareth. She has gone on to work with a string of heralded directors, starring in Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s disturbing drug\u00a0drama <em>Requiem for a Dream<\/em>, Ang Lee&#8217;s cerebral superhero movie <em>Hulk<\/em>, and Ron Howard&#8217;s Academy Award-winning biopic <em>A Beautiful Mind<\/em>, for which she won a\u00a0Best Supporting Actress\u00a0Oscar of her own. But genre fans might remember this American actress for\u202fmore\u202ffantastical fare, like the high-flying adventure\u00a0of\u00a0<em>The Rocketeer<\/em> or the romantic saga of <em>Winter&#8217;s Tale<\/em>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>4.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fEd\u00a0Skrein\u00a0(Zapan)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2218\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2218\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2218\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Skrein as Zapan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Skrein as Zapan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whether you like action, superheroes or fantasy, you&#8217;ve likely spied this smirking English\u202fdude\u00a0before.\u202f In 2013,\u00a0Skrein\u00a0made his TV debut on\u00a0<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, where he played the original Daario\u00a0Naharis, saucy\u00a0consort to the Mother of Dragons. His blade-wielding character was later recast, but don&#8217;t cry for\u00a0Skrein. He made the leap to action hero with <em>The Transporter Refueled<\/em>, and then gave supervillainy a spin as the maleficent Ajax in <em>Deadpool<\/em>\u2013or rather, Francis, as both audiences and Wade Wilson know him.\u00a0By now,\u00a0Skrein\u00a0is\u00a0more than ready to mix it up as a badass bounty hunter in <em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>5.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fLana Condor (Koyomi)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2219\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2219\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Lana Condor in \" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lana Condor in &#8220;To All The Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you have a very keen eye, you might recognize Condor from her too-brief appearance as the spark-slinging Jubilee in <em>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em>. But most likely, you know this actress as the lovely leading lady from\u00a0one of\u00a0this summer&#8217;s most popular rom-coms, Netflix&#8217;s <em>To All The Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before<\/em>. Condor won our hearts playing hopeless romantic Lara Jean Covey,\u00a0as well as having\u00a0us coveting her cute fashion.\u00a0In <em>Alita<\/em>, she&#8217;ll channel her charm into playing orphaned teen\u00a0Koyomi, who is sure to dazzle (even if not through superpowers).<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>6.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fCasper Van\u00a0Dien\u00a0(Amok)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2220\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2220\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2220\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"Casper Van Dien in \" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-500x248.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-1080x536.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casper Van Dien in &#8220;Starship Troopers&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This American hunk has over 100 acting credits to his name. But the simple answer to &#8220;Why do I know Casper Van Dien?&#8221; is <em>Starship Troopers<\/em>. Paul Verhoeven&#8217;s outrageous and R-rated adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein&#8217;s\u00a0satirical\u00a0sci-fi novel\u00a0earned mixed reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment. Yet it went on to become a much-beloved cult classic, and\u00a0it\u00a0spawned\u00a0a slew of sequels, including <em>Starship Troopers 3: Marauder<\/em> and <em>Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars<\/em>, both of which saw Van Dien reprising the role of Johnny Rico.\u00a0TV fans, however, might recognize him from his long-running role as villain Andre Forester on bodyguard drama <em>Watch Over Me<\/em>.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>7.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fMichelle Rodriguez (Gelda)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2221\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2221\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2221\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Rodriguez in the Fast &amp; Furious franchise\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-500x290.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Rodriguez in the Fast &amp; Furious franchise<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Undoubtedly, you know this Texan actress as Letty, the beautiful badass who stole Vin Diesel&#8217;s heart in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/fast-furious-9\/226644\"><em>The Fast and the Furious<\/em><\/a> franchise. Or maybe you remember Rodriguez from the TV mystery series <em>LOST<\/em>, where she played Ana Lucia Cortez, a brooding former police officer who stirred up plenty of trouble. She&#8217;ll be bringing all her attitude and bravura to\u00a0Gelda, a fearsome cyborg-warrior in <em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em>, her third collaboration with director Robert Rodriguez. Previously, she appeared in his gleefully violent action flicks <em>Machete<\/em> and <em>Machete Kills.<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s also her second franchise team-up with producer James Cameron\u2013she played the tough but doomed pilot, Trudy, in <em>Avatar<\/em>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>8.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fEiza\u00a0Gonz\u00e1lez (Nyssiana)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2222\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2222\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-1024x502.jpg\" alt=\"Eiza Gonzalez as Nyssiana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-1024x502.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-500x245.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-1080x529.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eiza Gonzalez as Nyssiana<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This dazzling Mexican actress got her start on the telenovela <em>Lola, Erase Una Vez<\/em>, where she played the titular heroine. Gonz\u00e1lez went on to score the role of vampire queen\u00a0Sant\u00e1nico\u00a0Pandemonium in <em>From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series<\/em>, which was conveniently created Robert Rodriguez. But to American moviegoers, she might be known best as &#8220;Darling.&#8221; That was the codename of Gonz\u00e1lez&#8217;s sultry and stylish Bonnie to Jon Hamm&#8217;s swaggering Clyde in Edgar Wright&#8217;s musical heist movie <em>Baby Driver<\/em>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>9.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fMahershala\u00a0Ali\u202f(Vector)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2223\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2223\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2223\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mahershala Ali as Vector\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-500x208.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-1080x449.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahershala Ali as Vector<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To\u00a0genre fans, this Oakland-born actor is probably best known as the regal kingpin Cornell &#8216;Cottonmouth&#8217; Stokes from\u00a0Season\u00a01\u00a0of <em>Luke Cage<\/em>, and even if they don\u2019t remember him from that, they\u2019ll certainly remember him for his roles on <em>Treme<\/em>, <em>House of Cards<\/em> or <em>The 4400<\/em>. Or maybe you remember him as Katniss&#8217;s bodyguard Boggs in <em>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1<\/em> &amp; <em>2<\/em>. But Ali&#8217;s got range and has scored acclaim in\u00a0prestige\u00a0dramas,\u00a0as well,\u00a0playing the dashing love interest in <em>Hidden Figures<\/em> and winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his brief but breathtaking performance in Barry Jenkins&#8217; coming-of-age drama <em>Moonlight<\/em>.\u00a0The role of Vector, however,\u00a0seems most in line with Cottonmouth, as a suited and shady figure who rules the Iron City with an iron fist.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>10.\u202fJackie Earle Haley\u00a0(Mystery Role)<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2224\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2224\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2224\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Earle Haley in \" width=\"1024\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-500x295.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-1080x636.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Earle Haley in &#8220;Preacher&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You might know the name, but not the face of this esteemed character actor. That&#8217;s because his two biggest movie roles involved covering up his memorable mug. In 2010&#8217;s <em>Nightmare on Elm Street<\/em> remake, he played the quipping nightmare-maker Freddy Krueger, boldly taking on the role originated by horror icon Robert Englund, and it\u00a0called for plenty of creepy prosthetics. Before that, Haley thrilled comic book fans by bringing a seething cynicism to <em>Watchmen<\/em> as Rorschach, a vigilante crime\u00a0fighter who always wears a mask over his face. But on TV, Haley&#8217;s shown his face and relished in menace, playing the murderous Odin\u00a0Quincannon\u00a0on <em>Preacher<\/em> and villainous Terror on <em>The Tick<\/em>. We don&#8217;t yet know who he&#8217;ll be playing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/alita-battle-angel\/233304\"><em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em><\/a>, but it seems a safe bet he&#8217;ll be a chill-inducing baddie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #000; width: 95%; margin-left: 0;\" \/>\n<h2>FEATURED<\/h2>\n<hr style=\"color: #000; width: 95%; margin-left: 0;\" \/>\n<!-- The Grid Plugin Version 2.7.4 --><div class=\"tg-error-msg\" data-grid-name=\"Home Featured\">No post was found with your current grid settings.&#xa;You should verify if you have posts inside the current selected post type(s) and if the meta key filter is not too much restrictive.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for Alita: Battle Angel? The action-packed adaptation of the beloved manga is finally coming to theaters\u00a0next February\u00a0thanks to the teamwork of\u00a0producer\u00a0James Cameron and\u00a0director\u00a0Robert Rodriguez. But as you gear up for the release of this cyborg epic, your brain might be\u00a0distracted by trying to figure out how\u00a0you recognize its charismatic cast. We&#8217;ve got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"Are you ready for ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL? The action-packed adaptation of the beloved manga is finally coming to theaters\u00a0next February\u00a0thanks to the teamwork of\u00a0producer\u00a0James Cameron and\u00a0director\u00a0Robert Rodriguez. But as you gear up for the release of this cyborg epic, your brain might be\u00a0distracted by trying to figure out how\u00a0you recognize its charismatic cast. We've got you covered with a rundown of the stars' most memorable career highlights.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>1.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fRosa Salazar (Alita)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2215\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"859\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2215\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/rosa-salazar-alita.jpg\" alt=\"Rosa Salazar as Alita in 'Alita: Battle Angel'\" width=\"859\" height=\"423\" \/> Rosa Salazar as Alita in 'Alita: Battle Angel'[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWho's the girl behind those big anime eyes? Before she was\u00a0on her way to becoming\u00a0the leading lady of ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, this Cuban-American actress was working the concession stand at a movie theater in Maryland. You might recognize her from her recurring roles on television, playing a murdered nursing student on AMERICAN HORROR STORY and the pregnant Zoe DeHaven on PARENTHOOD. However, it's more\u00a0likely you know Salazar from her work in YA movie adaptations. With a shaved head and steely glower, she portrayed the tough-as-nails but tenderhearted Lynn in THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT. Then in\u00a0the\u00a0MAZE RUNNER\u00a0franchise, she scored the supporting role of\u00a0the\u00a0sharp-shooting and cunning Brenda.\u00a0They\u2019re roles that have paved the way for her to play the action-heavy lead of Alita, so it will be interesting to see how she levels up in her first lead role\u00a0in a tentpole film.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>2.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fChristoph\u00a0Waltz (Dr. Dyson\u00a0Ido)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2216\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2216\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/christoph-waltz-dyson-ido-alita-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" \/> Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0acclaimed Austrian actor began his screen-acting career in the late 1970s. But he didn't break through in the U.S.\u00a0until 2009, when he blew away North American\u00a0audiences as the charismatic yet reprehensible Nazi, Hans Landa, in Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Waltz earned his first Academy Award for that performance, and a second for his 2012 re-team with Tarantino for the rip-roaring\u00a0and bloody\u00a0Western, DJANGO UNCHAINED. He often plays bad guys, as he has in THE GREEN HORNET,\u00a0the 2001 version of THE\u00a0THREE MUSKETEERS, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN and SPECTRE, where he took on the role of Bond villain\u00a0Blofeld. But in ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, we see a softer\u00a0side to Waltz, as he plays the father figure to its titular heroine.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>3.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fJennifer Connelly (Chiren)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2217\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2217\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jennifer-connelly-chiren-alita.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Connelly as Chiren\" width=\"1000\" height=\"416\" \/> Jennifer Connelly as Chiren[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn her youth, Connelly became the envy of generations of teen girls when she starred as Sarah in the Jim Henson fantasy film LABYRINTH, which famously starred David Bowie as\u00a0the\u00a0alluring but menacing Goblin King, Jareth. She has gone on to work with a string of heralded directors, starring in Darren Aronofsky's disturbing drug\u00a0drama REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, Ang Lee's cerebral superhero movie HULK, and Ron Howard's Academy Award-winning biopic A BEAUTIFUL MIND, for which she won a\u00a0Best Supporting Actress\u00a0Oscar of her own. But genre fans might remember this American actress for\u202fmore\u202ffantastical fare, like the high-flying adventure\u00a0of\u00a0THE ROCKETEER or the romantic saga of WINTER'S TALE.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>4.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fEd\u00a0Skrein\u00a0(Zapan)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2218\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2218\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ed-skrein-zapan-alita-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Skrein as Zapan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/> Ed Skrein as Zapan[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWhether you like action, superheroes or fantasy, you've likely spied this smirking English\u202fdude\u00a0before.\u202f In 2013,\u00a0Skrein\u00a0made his TV debut on\u00a0GAME OF THRONES, where he played the original Daario\u00a0Naharis, saucy\u00a0consort to the Mother of Dragons. His blade-wielding character was later recast, but don't cry for\u00a0Skrein. He made the leap to action hero with THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED, and then gave supervillainy a spin as the maleficent Ajax in DEADPOOL\u2013or rather, Francis, as both audiences and Wade Wilson know him.\u00a0By now,\u00a0Skrein\u00a0is\u00a0more than ready to mix it up as a badass bounty hunter in ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>5.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fLana Condor (Koyomi)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2219\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2219\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Lana Condor in \"To All The Boys I've Loved Before\" \" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/> Lana Condor in \"To All The Boys I've Loved Before\"[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIf you have a very keen eye, you might recognize Condor from her too-brief appearance as the spark-slinging Jubilee in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. But most likely, you know this actress as the lovely leading lady from\u00a0one of\u00a0this summer's most popular rom-coms, Netflix's TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE. Condor won our hearts playing hopeless romantic Lara Jean Covey,\u00a0as well as having\u00a0us coveting her cute fashion.\u00a0In ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, she'll channel her charm into playing orphaned teen\u00a0Koyomi, who is sure to dazzle (even if not through superpowers).<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>6.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fCasper Van\u00a0Dien\u00a0(Amok)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2220\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2220\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/casper-van-dien-starship-troopers-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"Casper Van Dien in \"Starship Troopers\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" \/> Casper Van Dien in \"Starship Troopers\"[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThis American hunk has over 100 acting credits to his name. But the simple answer to \"Why do I know Casper Van Dien?\" is STARSHIP TROOPERS. Paul Verhoeven's outrageous and R-rated adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's\u00a0satirical\u00a0sci-fi novel\u00a0earned mixed reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment. Yet it went on to become a much-beloved cult classic, and\u00a0it\u00a0spawned\u00a0a slew of sequels, including STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER and STARSHIP TROOPERS: TRAITOR OF MARS, both of which saw Van Dien reprising the role of Johnny Rico.\u00a0TV fans, however, might recognize him from his long-running role as villain Andre Forester on bodyguard drama WATCH OVER ME.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>7.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fMichelle Rodriguez (Gelda)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2221\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Rodriguez in the Fast & Furious franchise\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" \/> Michelle Rodriguez in the Fast & Furious franchise[\/caption]\r\n\r\nUndoubtedly, you know this Texan actress as Letty, the beautiful badass who stole Vin Diesel's heart in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise. Or maybe you remember Rodriguez from the TV mystery series LOST, where she played Ana Lucia Cortez, a brooding former police officer who stirred up plenty of trouble. She'll be bringing all her attitude and bravura to\u00a0Gelda, a fearsome cyborg-warrior in ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, her third collaboration with director Robert Rodriguez. Previously, she appeared in his gleefully violent action flicks MACHETE and MACHETE KILLS.\u00a0It\u2019s also her second franchise team-up with producer James Cameron\u2013she played the tough but doomed pilot, Trudy, in AVATAR.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>8.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fEiza\u00a0Gonz\u00e1lez (Nyssiana)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2222\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2222\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eiza-gonzalez-nyssiana-alita-1024x502.jpg\" alt=\"Eiza Gonzalez as Nyssiana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" \/> Eiza Gonzalez as Nyssiana[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThis dazzling Mexican actress got her start on the telenovela LOLA, ERASE UNA VEZ, where she played the titular heroine. Gonz\u00e1lez went on to score the role of vampire queen\u00a0Sant\u00e1nico\u00a0Pandemonium in FROM DUSK TIL DAWN: THE SERIES, which was conveniently created by ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL director Robert Rodriguez. But to American moviegoers, she might be known best as \"Darling.\" That was the codename of Gonz\u00e1lez's sultry and stylish Bonnie to Jon Hamm's swaggering Clyde in Edgar Wright's musical heist movie BABY DRIVER.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>9.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202fMahershala\u00a0Ali\u202f(Vector)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2223\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2223\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahershala-ali-vector-alita-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mahershala Ali as Vector\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" \/> Mahershala Ali as Vector[\/caption]\r\n\r\nTo\u00a0genre fans, this Oakland-born actor is probably best known as the regal kingpin Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes from\u00a0Season\u00a01\u00a0of LUKE CAGE, and even if they don\u2019t remember him from that, they\u2019ll certainly remember him for his roles on TREME, HOUSE OF CARDS or THE 4400.\u00a0Or maybe you remember him as Katniss's bodyguard Boggs in THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 & 2. But Ali's got range and has scored acclaim in\u00a0prestige\u00a0dramas,\u00a0as well,\u00a0playing the dashing love interest in HIDDEN FIGURES and winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his brief but breathtaking performance in Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age drama MOONLIGHT.\u00a0The role of Vector, however,\u00a0seems most in line with Cottonmouth, as a suited and shady figure who rules the Iron City with an iron fist.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559685\":720}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2>10.\u202fJackie Earle Haley\u00a0(Mystery Role)<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2224\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2224\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jackie-earle-haley-odin-quincannon-preacher-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Earle Haley in \"Preacher\" \" width=\"1024\" height=\"603\" \/> Jackie Earle Haley in \"Preacher\"[\/caption]\r\n\r\nYou might know the name, but not the face of this esteemed character actor. That's because his two biggest movie roles involved covering up his memorable mug. In 2010's NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, he played the quipping nightmare-maker Freddy Krueger, boldly taking on the role originated by horror icon Robert Englund, and it\u00a0called for plenty of creepy prosthetics. Before that, Haley thrilled comic book fans by bringing a seething cynicism to WATCHMEN as Rorschach, a vigilante crime\u00a0fighter who always wears a mask over his face. But on TV, Haley's shown his face and relished in menace, playing the murderous Odin\u00a0Quincannon\u00a0on PREACHER and villainous Terror on THE TICK. 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