Michael Sheen Turns in His ‘Underworld’ Fur for Some ‘Twilight’ Fangs

Michael Sheen, best known for his roles in ‘The Queen’ and ‘Frost/Nixon,’ has joined the cast of ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’ currenly shooting in Vancouver. Â  

Sheen, who has played a werewolf in the ‘Underworld’ movies, will be playing the leader of the Volturi, a coven of vampires who reside in Italy. Â  In the ‘Twilight’ novels, the Volturi are regarded as royalty, since they are over three thousand years old and serve as police of the vampire community. Â  There are three leaders of the Volturi in the novels. Â  There is no word whether Sheen will play one of them or if the three characters in the novel have been combined into one character for the film.

‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ is set for a November 20th release.

Source: Variety