Rounding out a rather momentous 2013 for James Badge Dale will be two more blockbuster films that are getting a ton of coverage right now. First, in June, he’ll be in the Brad Pitt-led zombie apocalypse movie World War Z, as a soldier trying to warn those in power about the zombie threat. Then in July, he’ll be working alongside veteran supporting performers like William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Barry Pepper and Helena Bonham Carter, as well as leads Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp, in The Lone Ranger.
He’s starting to appear in enough projects now and in memorable enough roles that it’s time for the public to put the name to that irritatingly handsome face. For me at least, 2013 will be the year that James Badge Dale graduated from “that guy from that thing” or “Will from Rubicon” to being James Badge Dale, one of those terrific character actors that we come to expect to be unrecognizable from one role to the next but to always maintain our interest. Now will someone please bring back Rubicon??
Published: May 28, 2013 06:11 pm