Rachel Nichols As Tamara In CONAN

Gotta make time for hotties! According to Latinoreview, actress Rachel Nichols who played the sexy Scarlett in G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra has been cast in CONAN reboot, directed by Marcus Nispel, already starring Jason Momoa as the new Barbarian, Leo Howard as the younger version, Mickey Rourke as the father Corin. Recently Stephen Lang was in talks to play the villain Khalar Singh but we haven’t heard confirmation yet. Turns out, Nichols won the role against other hotties, Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) and Sarah Shahi (The L Word). Nichols is set to play a character named Tamara. Now I’ve never read any of Robert E. Howard‘s stories but I wouldn’t be surprised if this supposed R-rated feature will have a sex scene between Momoa and Nichols. Check out what Tamara is all about, based on the casting breakdown, after the jump…

Tamara is 18 to 24 years old, Caucasian or Middle Eastern, open to all ethnicities; beautiful, studious, correct, a novitiate of a Greek influenced monastery. A master of martial arts, she has been trained to be the Queen’s servant, bodyguard and best friend. She and many other female bodyguards to the queen have been in hiding most of their lives because of the curse of Acheron, which would take the queen’s life to bring almost immortal power to its king. When Khalar Singh, a powerful warlord with ambitions to become the king of Acheron, storms the monastery and captures all of the novitiates, she is separated from Ilira, the one she must protect. With all of her strength and will, Tamara is determined to find and rescue her. She finds herself in league with Conan because of a mutual need to find Khalar Singh. She is not in the least intimidated by Conan’s size or grim demeanor and their alliance eventually blossoms into something that surprises them both…

Production is scheduled to start on March 15th in Bulgaria but scribe Sean Hood was recently hired to rewrite the script.

And now… here are some shots of Nichols for no particular reason…