Rome

As Titus Pullo on the historical drama series Rome, Ray Stevenson was known as a man of huge appetites and wild passions.  He depicted an upbeat soldier with morals of a pirate and often lacked a sense of personal responsibility.  Despite being good-natured, he was a beast of a man who ended up becoming a terror to his enemies.  This overall defiant attitude sustained his life through many wars and, evidently, until the end of the series.  Later this year, he’ll be emerging in the silver screen with yet another action war-themed movie.

In director Steve Barker’s Outpost, Richard Brake and Julian Wadham join Ray Stevenson in an action-horror plot about a band of soldiers who embarks in an excavating job that turns out to be a mission for survival.  Hired by a mysterious businessman, the mercenaries scope out an abandoned Word War II bunker only to discover a horrific scene of a bloody and gruesome series of experiments.  Along with the carnage, they find a disturbing survivor and soon find themselves trapped in a claustrophobic and scary scenario.  The movie is currently in post-production stages and is pending for release this year.

Ray Stevenson remained preoccupied even after Rome concluded.  After his stint on television series, he worked on a two-part supernatural thriller entitled Life Line.  He portrayed the central character Peter Brisco who finds solace on a mysterious chat line for the bereaved after the death of his one true love.  The tele-pic also featured Joanne Whalley and Jemima Rooper.

Aside from giving viewers a vivid representation of history on the HBO series Rome, Ray Stevenson will also be remembered for capturing the essence of the demonic forces of the plebeian masses while featuring the general goodness that helped forge its future.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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