Aussie actor Andy Whitfield has been cast in the lead role in Starz‘ drama series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.”
…Lucy Lawless has been cast in a key role in the series, which will begin production in New Zealand on April 1 and will premiere on Starz, January 2010.
…Whitfield (McLeod’s Daughters) will play Spartacus, a Roman soldier sentenced to death in the gladiator ring for defying a Legate.
…Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), will play Lucretia who owns a gladiator with her husband Batiatus and eventually comes to own Spartacus as well.
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