Vampire actor joins Lone Ranger cast

Here’s something to sink your teeth into. British actor James Frain, who recently played a vampire on HBO’s True Blood, has joined the cast of Disney’s The Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp stars in the Gore Verbinski-directed movie, which also touts Armie Hammer, Helena Bonham Carter and Tom Wilkinson among the cast. Frain will play a foreman overseeing Chinese and Indian rail workers who labor for the story’s chief villain (Wilkinson). Jerry Bruckheimer is producing the big-screen adventure which begins production in February. Frain appeared in Water for Elephants and was one of the stars of NBC’s series The Cape. He portrayed Thomas Cromwell for three seasons of Showtime’s acclaimed drama The Tudors.