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November 6, 2016: Ciaran Hinds Cast as Steppenwolf in "Justice League"
Posted by Neil Cole
Versatile character actor Ciaran Hinds has been cast in the role of DC Comics villain Steppenwolf in director Zack Snyder's upcoming 2017 film "Justice League".
Hinds is best known for his role as Mance Rayder in the Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones. He has also starred in such films as Road to Perdition, The Sum of All Fears, The Phantom of the Opera, Munich, There Will Be Blood, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Steppenwolf was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in New Gods vol. 1 #7 (February 1972). The character is an immortal with superhuman strength, speed and stamina appropriate to his race. He is also an experienced military leader, having served as the head of Apokolips's armed forces.
The character made a brief appearance in the following deleted scene from "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" in which Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) is seen communicating with him on the Kryptonian ship:
"Justice League" is scheduled to premiere in theaters on November 16th, 2017.
