Kyle Reese Role Down to Jai Courtney & Boyd Holbrook for 'Terminator: Genesis'

After hearing about who would be testing for the role exactly a month ago, word has finally come out in regards to who the finalists are for Kyle Reese in the Terminator reboot, Terminator: Genesis:

Jai Courtney & Boyd Holbrook.

You might find Courtney's face a lot more recognizable as he's been in quite a few high-profile projects the past couple years including A Good Day to Die Hard, Jack Reacher, and this year's I, Frankenstein.

Holbrook, on the other hand, is more of an unknown, having appeared in more dramatic fare including Milk, Out of the Furnace, and this year's upcoming Gone Girl.

I'm not going to lie here, I'm pulling for Holbrook all the way.  He has that underdog, heroic look about him where you sense he grew up living a hard life, fighting off jerks trying to kick the crap out of him.

Courtney, ironically enough, looks like he could be one of those jerks; the pampas jock who seemed to have everything handed to him.

I wonder if this is another case of the director (Alan Taylor) pulling for his guy (Holbrook) while the studio wants more of their choice (Courtney).  It happened with the Sarah Connor role as Taylor wanted Emilia Clarke and the studio wanted Brie Larson.  Look who won out.  Courtney also has an existing relationship with the production company, Skydance Productions, as they produced Jack Reacher.

The winner of the Kyle Reese role would join Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his signature role, the aforementioned Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, and Jason Clarke as John Connor.

Terminator: Genesis is set to starting filming the beginning of April and is to be released July 1st, 2015.

Source:  Deadline