Two new actors have joined the cast of John Chu‘s G.I. Joe sequel for Paramount. THR reports that the rapper-turned-actor RZA and D.J. Cotrona (Detroit 1-8-7) are in negotiations to star in the Lorenzo di Bonaventura-produced action movie. They would join the cast that already includes other newcomers Dwayne Johnson and Elodie Yung to the franchise.
Cotrona would fill the role of Flint, “a Joe soldier best known in the toyline and 1980s comics for his shotgun and beret.” RZA will play “a martial arts master named the Blind Master who in the past trained Joe commandoes Snake-Eyes and Jinx (Yung).” RZA has had roles in American Gangster, The Next Three Days and Repo Men, and stars as the lead in The Man with the Iron Fists with Russell Crowe. Cotrona starred with Tatum in Dear John.
