“Slumdog Millionaire” actor Anil Kapoor and French actress Lea Seydoux have been added to the growing cast of the fourth installment of “Mission: Impossible,” but most intriguingly, they will be joining the previously announced Michael Nyqvist as villains in the film.
Lea Seydoux is probably best known to arthouse crowds on this side of the ocean for her turn in “La belle personne.” More recently, she appeared in Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” and was one of the final candidates for the part of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.” As for Anil Kapoor, he may be more familiar, as he played the game show host in the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” and is a longtime fixture in Bollywood cinema.
The film, which has already started shooting, now boasts quite the ensemble cast and it seems like numerous baddies for Ethan Hunt and his crew to tackle. Kapoor and Seydoux join Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Josh Holloway in the film. It will hit theaters on December 16, 2011. [Deadline]
