Apr 29, 2003, 11:30 AM PT
David Boreanaz's alter ego puts in a full day's work saving the world on the WB's Angel. Maybe that's why the actor signed on to play the bad guy in the fourth installment of The Crow franchise?
Didn't know there was a Crow franchise? Neither did Boreanaz. "I didn't even know there was a third [Crow movie]," the actor told TV Guide.
In case you stopped watching after the ill-fated 1994 flick, starring Brandon Lee (who died onset of a gunshot wound from a faulty prop revolver), there were two sequels to the sci-fi thriller: The Crow: City of Angels and The Crow: Salvation (starring, we kid you not, Kirsten Dunst).
Now, Boreanaz, whose WB drama has yet to be picked up for a fifth season, gets to sink his teeth into the role of a satanic biker in the sequel titled Wicked Prayer, which starts shooting this June.
Starring opposite Boreanaz are Dennis Hopper and Edward Furlong, who plays a murder victim resuscitated by the crow's avenging spirit.
Boreanaz's last feature film efforts were 2002's straight-to-video I'm with Lucy and 2001's slasher flick Valentine. His name was briefly thrown around as a potential Superman candidate, until he told E! Online, "I'll just kill the rumor now--it hasn't happened. I did go in and read for the part, but I can't do it because of my schedule with Angel."
Boreanaz may have been a little hasty rejecting the superhero role, since Angel's future remains up in the air. But maybe he knows something viewers don't. Creator Joss Whedon was optimistic during a conference call this week. "I'm pretty sure that it's coming back," he told TV critics. The Hellmouth mastermind is reportedly already at work planning 22 episodes for next season.
Whedon and fans will find out if the series is coming back when the network announces its 2003-04 lineup May 12.
