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ELEKTRA GETS STAMP OF APPROVAL
19 APRIL 2004

According to USA Today, Terence Stamp (THE LIMEY, STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE, SUPERMAN III) has joined the cast of ELEKTRA, Jennifer Garner's superheroine spinoff film from last year's DAREDEVIL. IGN FilmForce reports that Stamp will play the part of Stick, the mysterious older martial arts teacher vital to Daredevil and Elektra's origins.

In the DAREDEVIL comics the elder fighter trained Matt Murdock in hand-to-hand fighting techiques, allowing the blind lawyer with superhuman senses to fight criminals in Hell's Kitchen. Stick also mentored Elektra before she became an assassin for The Hand, an evil order of ninjas and thieves. Undoubtedly the film's storyline will borrow what it needs from Stick's comic book origins and make it its own.

FilmForce also reports that young actress Kirstin Prout has landed the role of Abby in the film, which may be the daughter of the Mark Millar character that Elektra is hired to murder.