Billy Zane Stuns as Marlon Brando in New Images From Upcoming Biopic

Titanic and Tombstone star Billy Zane stuns as Marlon Brandoin new images from the upcoming biopicWaltzing with Brando. Taking to social media to share these new images, as well as an update on the project, Zane’s likeness to the Hollywood icon and star of The Godfather is uncanny, and will no doubt have you looking twice. You can check the astounding image below…

Alongside the images, Zane shared the following caption; “2nd Batch of pics from [Waltzing with Brando] burning a hole in my archive. Had to share now the cats’ out of the bag. The production team were so on point. Thank you all team WWB!”

Zane, who is best known for roles in the likes of James Cameron’s Titanic, the superhero outing The Phantom, the Back to the Future franchise, and more, will portray the acting legend that is Marlon Brando in Waltzing with Brando, which explores a time in the movie star’s life when he attempted to build the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a small, uninhabitable island in Tahiti with the help of a Los Angeles architect.

You can check out the official synopsis for Waltzing with Brando below.

“Movie star Marlon Brando recruits a Los Angeles architect to build the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a small, uninhabitable island in Tahiti.”

Billy Zane Praises Marlon Brando for His Activism & Foresight

Marlon Brando remains one of the most acclaimed actors in Hollywood history. The actor, who shot to stardom in the 1950s thanks to roles in A Streetcar Named Desire, The Wild One, and On the Waterfront, saw his career span six decades. Brando was the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, as well as critical acclaim for performances in some of the most celebrated works of cinema, including The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Superman, Julius Caesar, The Fugitive Kind, Mutiny on the Bounty, and many more.

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Brando also became known for his behavior outside the screen, and for his troubled private life. Despite this, Brando continued to be held in high regard by the industry, with the actor now considered a trailblazer for his activism. The actor once famously refused to attend the 45th Academy Awards, instead sending actress and activist for Native American civil rights, Sacheen Littlefeather (Maria Louise Cruz) to decline the Best Actor Oscar, which he won for his performance in The Godfather.

Zane has praised Brando (via Deadline) for his activism, commending the Hollywood icon for “foresight” when it came to such issues as civil rights, Indigenous rights, and the climate crisis.

“Back then no one would touch causes. He championed civil rights, he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King. He walked the walk for civil rights; he did it for Indigenous rights. What no one knows about is what he did for the environment as an activist and the foresight he had on what in fact would [become] a climate crisis.”