{"id":1169,"date":"2007-11-29T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/11\/29\/timothy-olyphant-on-hitman\/"},"modified":"2007-12-04T20:26:50","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T19:26:50","slug":"timothy-olyphant-on-hitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/11\/29\/timothy-olyphant-on-hitman\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Olyphant on Hitman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitmanmovie.co.uk\/\" title=\"Timothy Olyphant in Hitman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/timothy-olyphant-stars-in-hitman.jpg\" title=\"Timothy Olyphant in Hitman\" alt=\"Timothy Olyphant in Hitman\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>We last saw him as the villian in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Live_Free_or_Die_Hard\">Die Hard 4.0<\/a> but actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0648249\/\"><strong>Timothy Olyphant<\/strong><\/a> is back in a new action movie called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0465494\/\"><strong>Hitman<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hitman_%28computer_game_series%29\">popular computer game<\/a> it sees him as the enigmatic <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agent_47\">Agent 47<\/a> &#8211; an assassin for hire who kills on behalf of a mysterious organisation called The Agency.<\/p>\n<p>We speak about the plot of the movie, the hardest thing about the role, filming in Bulgaria and other projects he has in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xavier_Gens\">Xavier Gens<\/a>, Hitman also stars <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dougray_Scott\" title=\"Dougray Scott\">Dougray Scott<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olga_Kurylenko\" title=\"Olga Kurylenko\">Olga Kurylenko<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Knepper\" title=\"Robert Knepper\">Robert Knepper.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a listen to the interview by clicking below:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/get.php?fla=podcast-2007-11-29-75159.mp3]\n<p>To download this as a podcast via iTunes just click the image below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=251424468\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/itunes.jpg\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\nHitman <\/strong>opens in UK cinemas this Friday <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/get.php?web=podcast-2007-11-29-75159.mp3\">Download this interview as an MP3 file<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitmanmovie.co.uk\/\">Official UK site for Hitman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wc06.allmovie.com\/cg\/avg.dll?p=avg&amp;sql=B94214\"><\/a> &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/movies\">Get local showtimes for your area via Google Movies<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/contents\/directors\/06\/herzog.html\"><\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hitman_%28computer_game_series%29\">Find out more about the Hitman game at Wikipedia<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0648249\/\">Timothy Olyphant at the IMDb<br \/>\n<\/a>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/07\/06\/justin-long-and-timothy-olyphant-on-die-hard-40\/\">Listen to our Die Hard 4.0 interview with Timothy back in the summer  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We last saw him as the villian in Die Hard 4.0 but actor Timothy Olyphant is back in a new action movie called Hitman. Based on the popular computer game it sees him as the enigmatic Agent 47 &#8211; an assassin for hire who kills on behalf of a mysterious organisation called The Agency. 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