Xavier Samuel hits the surf for Drift
Xavier Samuel is best known as the vampire villain Riley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is about to swap fangs for a surf board to join Sam Worthington in Drift.
Directed by Ben Nott and Morgan O'Neill, Drift is set in the 70's and follows two brothers as they battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
The film is being described as the first character-driven action movie set in the surfing world since Kathryn Bigelow‘s Point Break.
Worthington is set to play a photographer and journalist who plays a major role in the brother’s rise with Samuel and producer/star Myles Pollard presumably taking the roles of the brothers, Jimmy and Andy.
O'Neill and Nott hope to start shooting in August on location on the Margaret River in Western Australia with an $11.3 million budget for a intended Summer 2012 release.
As for Samuel, he will next be seen in a leading role in Roland Emmerich‘s period-conspiracy-drama Anonymous alongside Rhys Ifans when it arrives in cinemas on September 30.
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